Curated playlist
Pantheists
- Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein once spent his days examining patents for gravel sorters.
- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhen French soldiers broke into Goethe's home in 1806, his companion Christiane Vulpius defended it.
- Thomas HardyThomas Hardy's heart and ashes were buried in two different places. The Abbey got his ashes, Stinsford his heart.
- Carl JungFewer than about two dozen people had seen Carl Jung's red leather manuscript before September 2008.
- Chris Evans (actor)Chris Evans is an American actor whose leading roles have brought in $11.4 billion at the worldwide box office. That total places him among the highest-grossing film stars of all time. It also made him one of the highest-paid actors in the…
- Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza was expelled from his Jewish community at twenty-three, and it still refuses him back.
- Carl SaganCarl Sagan once asked a librarian for a book on stars and got one about movie stars.
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelHegel watched Napoleon ride out of Jena the day before the 1806 battle. The philosopher called him "this world-soul."
- David Ben-GurionDavid Ben-Gurion agreed to the Irgun's plan to bomb the King David Hotel in 1946. Ninety-one people died.
- Helena BlavatskyA 1885 report accused Helena Blavatsky of faking paranormal phenomena. It was retracted in 1986.
- Hermann WeylMathematician Hermann Weyl fled Germany in 1933 after once refusing to leave. His wife was Jewish.
- Yukio MishimaYukio Mishima shouted to soldiers from a Tokyo balcony in 1970, then killed himself.
- Adi ShankaraAdi Shankara, now called India's most important philosopher, was probably unknown in his own time.
- Nicholas of CusaNicholas of Cusa said the earth is not the center of the universe. This was before Copernicus published.
- Alan WattsAlan Watts resigned as an Episcopal priest in August 1950. He later became a leading voice of Zen in America.