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Baruch Spinoza

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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.


— Baruch Spinoza


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


— Baruch Spinoza


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All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.


— Baruch Spinoza


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Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.


— Baruch Spinoza


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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.


— Baruch Spinoza


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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.


— Baruch Spinoza


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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.


— Baruch Spinoza


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We feel and know that we are eternal.


— Baruch Spinoza


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To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.


— Baruch Spinoza


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


— Baruch Spinoza


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Martin Joughin (New York: Columbia University Press). " Princeton Princeton University Press 1989. And he had committed the "monstrous deed" contrary the regulations of the synagogue and the views of certain rabbinical authorities (including Maimonides) of filing suit in a civil court rather than with the synagogue authorities—to renounce his father's heritage no less.

Spinoza's philosophical accomplishments and moral character prompted 20th century philosopher Gilles Deleuze to name him "the 'prince' of philosophers". Spinoza lived quietly as a lens grinder turning down rewards and honors throughout his life including prestigious teaching positions and gave his family inheritance to his sister. The Jewish religious authorities issued a cherem (Hebrew: חרם a kind of ban shunning ostracism expulsion or excommunication) against him effectively excluding him from Jewish society at age 23.

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