I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine...

It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine...

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason...

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason...

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate...

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate...

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand...

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand...

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

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

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

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor...

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor...

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity,...

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity,...

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

The world is beautiful if you are beautiful.

The world is beautiful if you are beautiful.

I'm so ugly - I worked in a pet shop, and people kept asking how...

I'm so ugly - I worked in a pet shop, and people kept asking how...