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Baruch Spinoza, a 17th-century Dutch philosopher of Jewish descent, is renowned for his unique philosophical thoughts and critical analysis of religion. Spinoza's philosophy emphasizes the unity of reason, nature, and God, and has had a profound impact on Western philosophy.

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“Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.”

Love Philosophy Hate Ethics

Book:Ethics

Source: Ethics

“Nothing forbids man to enjoy himself, save grim and gloomy superstition”

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Book:Ethics

Source: Ethics

“The good which every man, who follows after virtue, desires for himself he will also desire for other men...”

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Book:Ethics

Source: Ethics

“It will be said that, although God’s law is inscribed in our hearts, Scripture is nevertheless the Word of God, and it is no more permissible to say of Scripture that it is mutilated and contaminated than to say this of God’s Word. In reply, I have to say that such objectors are carrying their piety too far, and are turning religion into superstition; indeed, instead of God’s Word they are beginning to worship likenesses and images, that is, paper and ink.”

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Book:Theological-Political Treatise

Source: Theological-Political Treatise

“He that can carp in the most eloquent or acute manner at the weakness of the human mind is held by his fellows as almost divine.”

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Author:Baruch Spinoza

“Let unswerving integrity be your watchword.”

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“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.”

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Author:Baruch Spinoza

“Except God no substance can be granted or conceived. .. Everything, I say, is in God, and all things which are made, are made by the laws of the infinite nature of God, and necessarily follows from the necessity of his essence.”

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Author:Baruch Spinoza

“No one doubts but that we imagine time from the very fact that we imagine other bodies to be moved slower or faster or equally fast. We are accustomed to determine duration by the aid of some measure of motion.”

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Author:Baruch Spinoza

“He who has a true idea, knows at that same time that he has a true idea, nor can he doubt concerning the truth of the thing.”

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Author:Baruch Spinoza

About the Author

Born: November 24, 1632
Died: February 21, 1677
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 256

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The Road to Inner Freedom: The EthicsRelated source material

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The Essential Spinoza: Ethics and Related WritingsRelated source material

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Ethics: with The Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect and Selected LettersRelated source material

Spinoza: The Complete WorksRelated source material

Tratado de la reforma del entendimiento. Principios de filosofía de Descartes. Pensamientos metafísicosRelated source material

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