# Freethought and Freedom: Benedict Spinoza

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/freethought-and-freedom-benedict-spinoza>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** December 20, 2017

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George H. Smith discusses Benedict Spinoza’s controversial ideas about God, religion, and his criticism of the Design Argument.

George H. Smith discusses Benedict Spinoza’s controversial ideas about God, religion, and his criticism of the Design Argument.

[Originally published in essay form on May 22, 2015.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/freethought-freedom-benedict-spinoza)