Albert Einstein he had sympathy for the impersonal pantheistic God of Baruch Spinoza's philosophy. He did not believe in a personal God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings, a view which he described as naïve. He clarified, however, that "I am not an atheist", preferring to call himself an agnostic, or a "deeply religious nonbeliever." When asked if he believed in an afterlife, Einstein replied, "No. And one life is enough for me." Einstein was primarily affiliated with non-religious humanist and Ethical Culture groups in both the UK and US. He served on the advisory board of the
Speaking truth to power Lama and Elie Wiesel. In classical Greece 'speaking truth to power' was known as parrhesia. The tactic is similar to Satyagraha (literally, 'truth-force') which was used by Mahatma Gandhi in seeking independence from British India. Albert O. Hirschman, writing in the 1970s, suggested that subordinates have three options; Exit, Voice, and Loyalty. According to Michel Foucault writing in 1983, only the courageous may pursue the truth-to-power course; they risk losing their friends, (as Winston Churchill did in the 1930s) their liberty, even their lives ( Liu Xiaobo). Noam Chomsky is dismissive of 'speaking truth to power'. He asserts that 'power