Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
Baruch SpinozaI do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.
Baruch SpinozaTags: philosophy
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
Baruch SpinozaThe supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious title of religion to cloak the fear by which they must be held in check, so that they will fight for their servitude as if for salvation.
Baruch SpinozaIn so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
Baruch SpinozaTags: genius aesthetics
Der Endzweck des Staates ist [...] im Grund die Freiheit.
Baruch SpinozaTags: freedom democracy rechtsstaat
None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
Baruch SpinozaEverything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
Baruch SpinozaI 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 SpinozaBe not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
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