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
philosophical firsts virtue
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
war philosophical character
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
philosophical virtue reason
True virtue is life under the direction of reason.
philosophical self ideas
Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
philosophical taken wish
None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
happiness happy philosophical
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
philosophical guidance reason
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
art freedom philosophical
Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
philosophical pride men
Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
philosophical causes pantheism
God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.
philosophical passion emotion
I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature
philosophical pantheism without-god
Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.
happiness philosophical acceptance
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
philosophical ambition desire
Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.