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About Baruch Spinoza
Benedictus de Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677) was a social and metaphysical philosopher known for the elaborate development of his monist philosophy, which has become known as Spinozism. Controversy regarding his ideas led to his excommunication from the Jewish community of his native Amsterdam. He was named Baruch ("blessed" in Hebrew) Spinoza by his synagogue elders and known as Bento de Spinoza or Bento d'Espiñoza, but afterwards used the name Benedictus ("blessed" in Latin) de Spinoza.
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“sub specie aeternitatis”
“Sentimus experimurque, nos aeternos esse.”
“Maxima superbia vel abjectio est maxima sui ignorantia.”
“There is no other philosophy than that of Spinoza.”
“Every philosopher has two philosophies: his own and Spinoza's.”
“Meum institutum non est verborum significationem sed rerum naturam explicare”
“[Spinoza] — A God-intoxicated man. [Original in German: Ein Gottbetrunkener Mensch.]”
“Spinoza: the absolute philosopher, whose Ethics is the foremost book on concepts.”
“Spinoza is the originator of speculative philosophy, Schelling its restorer, Hegel its perfecter.”
“Tota felicitas aut infelicitas in hoc solo sita est; videlicet in qualitate obiecti, cui adhaeremus amore.”
“[Spinoza] — the philosopher whom I trust most,... [Original in German: Der Philosoph, dem ich zumeist vertraue,...]”
“...Descartes who misled the whole chorus of modern philosophers, except Spinoza, by making them fall in love with themselves.”
“My ancestors Heraclitus, Empedocles, Spinoza, Goethe. [Original in German: meine Vorfahren Heraclit Empedocles Spinoza Goethe.]”
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Baruch Spinoza on Love 18 quotes
“Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.”
Baruch Spinoza on God 6 quotes
“God and all attributes of God are eternal.”
Baruch Spinoza on Substance 5 quotes
“Substance is in its nature infinite, immutable, indivisible...”
Baruch Spinoza on Essence 5 quotes
“The human mind has an adequate knowledge of the eternal and infinite essence of God.”
Baruch Spinoza on Infinity 5 quotes
“From the necessity of the divine nature must follow an infinite number of things in infinite ways—that is, all things which can fall within the sphere of infinite intellect.”
Baruch Spinoza on Pantheism 4 quotes
“The more we understand particular things, the more do we understand God.”
Baruch Spinoza on Religion 2 quotes
“The human mind has an adequate knowledge of the eternal and infinite essence of God.”
Baruch Spinoza on Justice 2 quotes
“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
Baruch Spinoza on Liberty 2 quotes
“The real disturbers of the peace are those who, in a free state, seek to curtail the liberty of judgment which they are unable to tyrannize over.”
Baruch Spinoza on Teleology 2 quotes
“...nature has no particular goal in view, and final causes are mere human figments. ...everything in nature proceeds from a sort of necessity, and with the utmost perfection.”
Baruch Spinoza on Christianity 2 quotes
“I must at this juncture declare that those doctrines which certain churches put forward concerning Christ, I neither affirm nor deny, for I freely confess that I do not grasp them.”
Baruch Spinoza on Religious text 2 quotes
“A miracle, whether in contravention to, or beyond, nature, is a mere absurdity; and, therefore, ... what is meant in Scripture by a miracle can only be a work of nature, which surpasses, or is believed to surpass, human comprehension.”
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Baruch Spinoza on Niccolò Machiavelli
“In the case of a prince whose sole motive is lust for power, the means he must employ to strengthen and preserve his state have been described at some length by that keen observer, Machiavelli, but with what purpose appears uncertain. If he did have some good purpose in mind, as one should believe of so wise a man, it must have been to show how foolish are the attempts so often made to get rid of a tyrant while yet the causes that have made the prince a tyrant cannot be removed; on the contrary, they become more firmly established as the prince is given more grounds for fear.”
About Baruch Spinoza
Benedictus de Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677) was a social and metaphysical philosopher known for the elaborate development of his monist philosophy, which has become known as Spinozism. Controversy regarding his ideas led to his excommunication from the Jewish community of his native Amsterdam. He was named Baruch ("blessed" in Hebrew) Spinoza by his synagogue elders and known as Bento de Spinoza or Bento d'Espiñoza, but afterwards used the name Benedictus ("blessed" in Latin) de Spinoza.