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
law wicked criminals
Laws directed against opinions affect the generous-minded rather than the wicked, and are adapted less for coercing criminals than for irritating the upright.
sea fishing rivers
Big fish eat small fish with as much right as they have power.
philosophy found knows
I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.
Whatsoever is, is in God.
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.
action glory educated
According as each has been educated, so he repents of or glories in his actions.
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.
men desire wish
Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
aids ceremony blessedness
Ceremonies are no aid to blessedness.
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.