…which is something that people don't talk about so much about the way he formulated it. His politics was based in Spinoza and Spinoza had this very interesting notion that the Hebrew nation was essentially invented by the Hebrew prophets. And you invent…

…is something that people don't talk about so much about the way he formulated it. His politics was based in Spinoza and Spinoza had this very interesting notion that the Hebrew nation was essentially invented by the Hebrew prophets. And you invent a people…

…or something, you know? I mean, you've got all this time. And people say this is surprisingly difficult. Or become an expert at Spinoza. That was one of my favorite parts of the book. You might have to explain that. Yeah, this is like a classic…

…tracked him down, and it turned out that he had, like, basically hadn't shown up to work for six years and had been studying Spinoza. LAUGHTER But he had a very good reason. He said, like, well, his boss didn't like him and wouldn't give him any work.…

…said, well, what do you really love? He said, I've always been fascinated by 17th century philosophy, and particularly the works of Spinoza. I said, well, why don't you just become a Spinoza scholar? No one will notice. So he did. And apparently, people…

…been fascinated by 17th century philosophy, and particularly the works of Spinoza. I said, well, why don't you just become a Spinoza scholar? No one will notice. So he did. And apparently, people realized that they basically accepted his excuse because I…

…The shrink said, well, what do you think would be useful that you could do? Give your wife a sense of purpose. He said, Spinoza. Well, he's been fascinated by Spinoza. I want to become a Spinoza scholar. So he kind of came in. If there was a problem,…

…do you think would be useful that you could do? Give your wife a sense of purpose. He said, Spinoza. Well, he's been fascinated by Spinoza. I want to become a Spinoza scholar. So he kind of came in. If there was a problem, he'd show up and take care…

…that you could do? Give your wife a sense of purpose. He said, Spinoza. Well, he's been fascinated by Spinoza. I want to become a Spinoza scholar. So he kind of came in. If there was a problem, he'd show up and take care of it. And otherwise, he just…

…very familiar with Greek thought, and of course the way in which Greek thought came into the German philosophical critical tradition, Spinoza, Leibniz, and of course Hegel, and many others, that kind of tradition is also extremely significant. And so in many…