I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
Benedict Spinoza quote Desire is the very essence of man.
Benedict Spinoza quote God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.
Benedict Spinoza quote All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
Benedict Spinoza quote The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
Benedict Spinoza quote Be 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.
Benedict Spinoza quote Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.
Benedict Spinoza quote Biography
1632-1677, Dutch philosopher