Baruch SpinozaA collection of 21 posts

Motivation

Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.

Learning

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding bec...

Jealousy

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious a...

Happiness

Happiness is a virtue not its reward.

Happiness

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to wh...

Freedom

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

Fear

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear

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

Beauty

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

Loneliness

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason...