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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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“Love is pleasure accompanied by the idea of an external cause, and hatred pain accompanied by the idea of an external cause.”

Ideas Pain Causes Love Is Pleasure Hatred

Book:The Road to Inner Freedom: The Ethics

Source: The Road to Inner Freedom: The Ethics

“I should attempt to treat human vice and folly geometrically... the passions of hatred, anger, envy, and so on, considered in themselves, follow from the necessity and efficacy of nature... I shall, therefore, treat the nature and strength of the emotion in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes, and solids.”

Should Humans Passion Lines Emotion Concerned Hatred Treats Vices Envy Planes Folly Efficacy

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery. But he who endeavors to drive away hatred by means of love, fights with pleasure and confidence; he resists equally one or many men, and scarcely needs at all the help of fortune. Those whom he conquers yield joyfully”

Men Needs Mean Helping Fighting Wish Pleasure Hatred Misery Fortune Revenge Conquer Injury Yield Endeavor Reciprocal

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.”

Life Hands Hatred Destroyed Love Life

Book:Ethics

Source: Ethics

“Hatred which is completely vanquished by love passes into love: and love is thereupon greater than if hatred had not preceded it.”

Ifs Love Life Love Is Greater Hatred And Love

Book:Ethics

Source: Ethics

“From what has been said we can clearly understand the nature of Love and Hate. Love is nothing else but pleasure accompanied by the idea of an external cause: Hate is nothing else but pain accompanied by the idea of an external cause. We further see, that he who loves necessarily endeavors to have, and to keep present to him, the object of his love; while he who hates endeavors to remove and destroy the object of his hatred.”

Life Has Beens Said Ideas Pain Hate Causes Love Is Pleasure Objects Hatred Remove Endeavor His Love Love Hate Love And Hate

Book:Ethics

Source: Ethics

“If anyone conceives, that an object of his love joins itself to another with closer bonds of friendship than he himself has attained to, he will be affected with hatred towards the loved object and with envy towards his rival.”

Ifs Life Objects Hatred Envy Affected His Love Rivals Bonds Of Friendship

Book:Ethics

Source: Ethics

“If a man had begun to hate an object of his love, so that love is thoroughly destroyed, he will, causes being equal, regard it with more hatred than if he had never loved it, and his hatred will be in proportion to the strength of his former love.”

Ifs Men Life Hate Causes Love Is Objects Equal Hatred Regard Destroyed Former Proportion Love Life His Love Being Equal Former Love

Book:Ethics

Source: Ethics

“Love or hatred towards a thing, which we conceive to be free, must, other things being similar, be greater than if it were felt towards a thing acting by necessity.”

Ifs Life Felt Acting Greater Hatred

Book:The Road to Inner Freedom: The Ethics

Source: The Road to Inner Freedom: The Ethics

“He who lives according to the guidance of reason strives as much as possible to repay the hatred, anger, or contempt of others towards himself with love or generosity. ...hatred is increased by reciprocal hatred, and, on the other hand, can be extinguished by love, so that hatred passes into love.”

Life Reason Hands Hatred Strive Generosity Guidance Love Life Contempt Strife Reciprocal

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“In so far as men are influenced by envy or any kind of hatred, one towards another, they are at variance, and are therefore to be feared in proportion, as they are more powerful than their fellows. Yet minds are not conquered by force, but by love and high-mindedness.”

Men Life Mind Kind Force Powerful Hatred Fellows Envy Proportion Variance

Book:Ethics

Source: Ethics

“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.”

People Men Trying Reason Benefits Ethics Hatred Fellows Refuse Rage Ignorant Guidance Etc Contempt Free Man Endeavour Ignorant People

Author:Baruch Spinoza

About the Author

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

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

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