“I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.”
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Famous Baruch Spinoza Quotes
“Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.”
Source: Ethics
“Nothing forbids man to enjoy himself, save grim and gloomy superstition”
Source: Ethics
Source: Ethics
Source: Theological-Political Treatise
Source: Theological-Political Treatise
“I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate human actions, but to understand them.”
Source: Spinoza: Political Treatise
Source: Letters to Friend and Foe
“I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.”
“Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.”
“Desire is the very essence of man”
Source: The Essential Spinoza: Ethics and Related Writings