Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinozawas a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi/Portuguese origin. By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth24 November 1632
god order facts
Things could not have been brought into being by God in any manner or in any order different from that which has in fact obtained.
determination self self-determination
Freedom is self-determination.
thinking mind three
The things...are esteemed as the greatest good of all...can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.
might
Everyone has as much right as he has might.
God is not He who is, but That which is.
superstitions
Superstition, then, is engendered, preserved, and fostered by fear.
jesus men mind
The eternal wisdom of God ... has shown itself forth in all things, but chiefly in the mind of man, and most of all in Jesus Christ.
mind free-will determinism
In the mind there is no absolute or free will.
order fixed preserves
Yet nature cannot be contravened, but preserves a fixed and immutable order.
thinking
God is a thing that thinks.
past mind body
The mind can only imagine anything, or remember what is past, while the body endures.
communication sadness joy
We strive to further the occurrence of whatever we imagine will lead to Joy, and to avert or destroy what we imagine is contrary to it, or will lead to Sadness.
evil causes omen
Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.
humble humility ambitious
Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.