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Baruch Spinoza has been called the Prince of Philosophers; Hegel said of him that the alternative was: either Spinoza, or no philosophy at all. By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy: he had the courage to criticize the traditionalism of religion, to offer a conception of God that would be logic instead of rigidly defined by a shallow dogma.

Internationally best-selling novelist Irvin D. Yalom explores the mindsets of two men separated by 300 years. Using his skills as a psychiatrist, he explores the inner lives of Baruch Spinoza, the Jewish 17th-century secular philosopher, and of Alfred Rosenberg, outspoken Nazi ideologue, faithful servant of Hitler, the main author of racial policy for the Third Reich, and a godless mass murderer....

Estonia, 1910. Il diciassettenne Alfred Rosenberg verrà condannato a imparare a memoria alcuni passi dell'autobiografia di Goethe, per aver proferito violenti commenti antisemiti in classe. In particolare verranno scelti dal preside i brani in cui l'autore del Faust si dichiara fervente ammiratore di Baruch Spinoza, il grande filosofo ebreo del diciassettesimo secolo. La lettura insinua nella mente di Alfred un tarlo che lo accompagnerà per il resto della vita: come può Goethe aver tratto ispirazione da un uomo di razza inferiore?