Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. -Baruch Spinoza Jealousy
Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. -Baruch Spinoza Freedom
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. -Baruch Spinoza Peace
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. -Baruch Spinoza Beauty
Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone. -Baruch Spinoza Alone
Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone. -Baruch Spinoza Nature
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. -Baruch Spinoza Imagination
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. -Baruch Spinoza War
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion. -Baruch Spinoza Religion
Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. -Baruch Spinoza Science
To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole. -Baruch Spinoza Power
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. -Baruch Spinoza Nature
