Baruch Spinoza Quotes

Dutch - Philosopher | November 24, 1632 - February 21, 1677

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

Baruch Spinoza

FearHopeNo FearNo Hope

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.

Baruch Spinoza

FreedomScienceProgressArts

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.

Baruch Spinoza

GoodBadSinNaturalConsentWhere

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Baruch Spinoza

StrengthCharacterPeaceWarVirtue

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.

Baruch Spinoza

GreatMenFameFancyPursueMust

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Baruch Spinoza

WillSameIntellectSame ThingThing

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

Baruch Spinoza

FreeHimReasonCallWhoLed

Desire is the very essence of man.

Baruch Spinoza

ManDesireEssenceVery

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Baruch Spinoza

ManThinkingPridePleasureHimself

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

Baruch Spinoza

PleasureIdeaOneselfCause

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

Baruch Spinoza

MenWordsNothingMoreDifficulty

FirstPrev page234

Related Authors

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Baruch Spinoza quotes