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
Baruch Spinoza quotes about
ignorance pride self
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
mind eternity aspect
In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
intellect
Will and intellect are one and the same thing.
excellent difficult
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
happiness happy philosophical
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
rewards virtue blessedness
Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
no-fear no-hope
There is no fear without some hope, and no hope without some fear.
inspirational perfection excellence
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
indulge-yourself healthy pleasure
Indulge yourself in pleasures only in so far as they are necessary for the preservation of health.
gratitude thinking quality
The terms good and bad indicate no positive quality in things regarded in themselves, but are merely modes of thinking or notions, which we form from the comparison of things one with another. Thus one and the same thing can be at the same time good, bad, and indifferent. For instance, music is good for him that is melancholy, bad for him that mourns; for him that is deaf; it is neither good nor bad.
men past anticipation
A man is as much affected pleasurably or painfully by the image of a thing past or future as by the image of a thing present.
men people hatred
A free man, who lives among ignorant people, tries as much as he can to refuse their benefits. .. He who lives under the guidance of reason endeavours as much as possible to repay his fellow's hatred, rage, contempt, etc. with love and nobleness.
faith individuality individual
The more we understand individual things, the more we understand God.
life hate law
He who hates anyone will endeavor to do him an injury, unless he fears that a greater injury will thereby accrue to himself; on the other hand, he who loves anyone will, by the same law, seek to benefit him.