Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.Theological-Political Treatise, 1670
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Baruch Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher known for his rationalist approach and contributions to the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. He is best known for his magnum opus, "Ethics," in which he explored the nature of God, the mind-body connection, and the concept of free will. Spinoza's ideas laid the groundwork for the Enlightenment and have had a lasting impact on Western philosophy.
1632–1677·lived 44 years
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.Theological-Political Treatise, 1670
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.Ethics, Part 5, 1677
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.Ethics, Part IV, Proposition 37, 1677
It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.' — The Socratic Method
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.Ethics, p. 123, 1677
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.On the Improvement of the Understanding, I, 9; translation by W. Hale White (Revised by Amelia Hutchison Sterling)
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.Ethics, Part IV, Proposition 18, 1677
That’s all 8 quotes by Baruch Spinoza.