Treatise · Philosophical literatureIt therefore comes to pass that everyone is fond of relating his own exploits and displaying the strength both of his body and his mind, and that men are on this account a nuisance one to the other.Baruch SpinozaEthics · 1677★ 6.9
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.Baruch SpinozaTractatus Politicus · 1677★ 6.1