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
Treatise · Philosophical literatureGod and all the attributes of God are eternal.Baruch SpinozaEthics · 1677★ 5.5
The things which...are esteemed as the greatest good of all…can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With those three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.Baruch Spinoza1677★ 5.2
Treatise · Philosophical literaturePride is therefore pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.Baruch SpinozaEthics · 1677★ 4.5
Treatise · Philosophical literatureHe who would distinguish the true from the false must have an adequate idea of what is true and false.Baruch SpinozaEthics · 1677★ 4.5
Treatise · Philosophical literatureFear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.Baruch SpinozaEthics · 1677★ 3.8
Philosophical literatureIf men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.Baruch Spinoza1677★ 2.0
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