Baruch Spinoza
learning understanding free
“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”
― Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)
excellent difficult rare
“Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.”
― Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)
new idea true accept many
“Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.”
― Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)
free consent reason
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason”
― Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)
imagination beautiful ugly well-ordered confused
“Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused”
― Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)
self-preservation foundation virtue
“self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.”
― Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)
nature belong all
“Nature offers nothing that can be called this man's rather than another's; but under nature everything belongs to all.”
― Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)
will intellect
“Will and intellect are one and the same thing.”
― Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)