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Famous Baruch Spinoza Quotes
Source: A Theologico-Political Treatise
“The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.”
“Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.”
Source: The Essential Spinoza: Ethics and Related Writings
“self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.”
“The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.”
Source: The Road to Inner Freedom: The Ethics
“Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.”