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Portrait of Baruch de Spinoza
Portrait of Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677), ca. 1665 via Wikimedia Commons
Michael Newton Keas
March 23, 2020
Intelligent Design

Baruch Spinoza Was No Science Hero

Michael Newton Keas
March 23, 2020
Intelligent Design
The third season of Cosmos has released four episodes so far, with more to come this Monday, on Fox and the National Geographic channel. The most consequential historical error to correct as yet concerns the treatment of Spinoza. Read More ›
Photo by Marie Bellando-Mitjans
Richard Weikart
July 18, 2008
Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Natural and Artificial Intelligence

The Dehumanizing Impact of Modern Thought: Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche, and Their Followers

Richard Weikart
July 18, 2008
Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Natural and Artificial Intelligence

Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor who endured the horrors of Auschwitz, astutely commented on the way that modern European thought had helped prepare the way for Nazi atrocities (and his own misery). He stated, “If we present a man with a concept of man which is not true, we may well corrupt him. When we present man as an automaton Read More ›