Baruch Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi/Portuguese origin. By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism.
Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself; nor do we delight in happiness because we restrain from our lusts; but on the contrary, because we delight in it, therefore we are able to restrain them. Baruch Spinoza
Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself; nor do we delight in happiness because we restrain from our lusts; but on the contrary, because we delight in it, therefore we are able to restrain them.
When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master. Baruch Spinoza
When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace. Baruch Spinoza
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.
No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides. Baruch Spinoza
No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past. Baruch Spinoza
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward. Baruch Spinoza
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. Baruch Spinoza
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. Baruch Spinoza
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. Baruch Spinoza
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare. Baruch Spinoza
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not Baruch Spinoza
None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not
In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity. Baruch Spinoza
In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
