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Aug 2021
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Dialectics Deep Dive (pt. 3a): Spinoza O...

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This is the first half of our third installment of the Dialects Deep Dive subseries. Matthew Furlong joins Breht to discuss part II of Spinoza's famous work "Ethics", and together, they contemplate it through the lens of dialectical materialism. Find the second half of this episode here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/deep-dive-3b

Check out our first installment of "Dialectics Deep Dive" here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/dialectics

Check out our second installment here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/spinoza

Outro Music: "When Under Ether" by PJ Harvey

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