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Baruch Spinoza quotes about humanity

Dutch Philosopher November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677

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I should attempt to treat human vice and folly geometrically... the passions of hatred, anger, envy, and so on, considered in themselves, follow from the necessity and efficacy of nature... I shall, therefore, treat the nature and strength of the emotion in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes, and solids. Baruch Spinoza
Further conceive, I beg, that a stone, while continuing in motion, should be capable of thinking and knowing, that it is endeavoring, as far as it can, to continue to move. Such a stone, being conscious merely of its own endeavor and not at all indifferent, would believe itself to be completely free, and would think that it continued in motion solely because of its own wish. This is that human freedom, which all boast that they possess, and which consists solely in the fact, that men are... Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza quote: "The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for..."
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza quote: "I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail,..."
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them. Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza quote: "I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at..."
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them. Baruch Spinoza

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