The Courtier and the Heretic by Matthew Stewart

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/5795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Courtier and the Heretic Author: Matthew Stewart Narrator: Graham Rowat Format: mp3 Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins Release date: 02-20-24 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 9 ratings Genres: Professionals & Academics Publisher's Summary: Once upon a time, philosophy was a dangerous business-and for no one more so than for Baruch Spinoza, the seventeenth-century philosopher vilified by theologians and political authorities everywhere as "the atheist Jew." As his inflammatory manuscripts circulated underground, Spinoza lived a humble existence in The Hague, grinding optical lenses to make ends meet. Meanwhile, in the glittering salons of Paris, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was climbing the ladder of courtly success.