Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinozawas a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi/Portuguese origin. By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth24 November 1632
wisdom philosophical effort
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
inspirational education understanding
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
philosophical learning past
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
difficult noble rare
All noble things are as difficult as they are rare