Political and religious views
Political and religious views
Main articles: Albert Einstein's political views and Albert Einstein's religious views
Einstein's political view was in favor of socialism and critical of capitalism, which he detailed in his essays such as "Why Socialism?".[127][128] Einstein offered to and was called on to give judgments and opinions on matters often unrelated to theoretical physics or mathematics.[129]
Einstein's views about religious belief have been collected from interviews and original writings.
He called himself an agnostic, while disassociating himself from the label atheist.[130] He said he believed in the "pantheistic" God of Baruch Spinoza, but not in a personal god, a belief he criticized.[