r/PhilosophyTube

So over the years I've became more and more atheisty and while I resent my religious upbringing, the knowledge that there was an ultimate creator was reassuring.

The world in which we live is seeming bleaker all the time. People speak of Spinoza as if he gives you a sense of Buddhist equilibrium when you finally understand him. However, his stuff is really dense and hard. I'm not someone who studied Philosophy academically but with other philosophers, mostly anyway, I can get my head around what they're trying to convey. But Spinoza is too hard for me.

I'd love it if Abby had done a vid on him or at least mentioned him because he's supposed to be the Godfather of modern philosophy and I'd like it if she simplified his work so plebs like me could understand.

If anyone want to weigh in about Spinoza, or suggest some good easily digestible resources, that would be great.

Thanks in advance