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Baruch Spinoza

1632–1677RationalismEarly modern (1500 – 1800)Person

Baruch (Benedictus de) Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish descent, born in Amsterdam. Expelled from the city's Jewish community in 1656, he earned a modest living grinding lenses and wrote works that shaped modern philosophy, among them the Ethics, published after his death in 1677.

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Ethics

Quotes (2)

“Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.”
— Baruch Spinoza, Ethics (1677), Part III, Prop. XLIII, tr. R. H. M. Elwes
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Meet hatred with love and evil with good.Translation: public-domain translation (R. H. M. Elwes)
“But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.”
— Baruch Spinoza, Ethics (1677), Part V, Prop. XLII, Note (the closing words of the book), tr. R. H. M. Elwes
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Do your work wholeheartedly and with skill.Translation: public-domain translation (R. H. M. Elwes)