Baruch Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi/Portuguese origin. By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism.
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.
The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Baruch Spinoza
The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing.
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.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare. Baruch Spinoza
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
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.
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.
Do not weep. Do not wax indignant. Understand. Baruch Spinoza
Do not weep. Do not wax indignant. Understand.
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.
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.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.