Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. Baruch Spinoza absurdcontrarynature Change image and share on social
Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow. Baruch Spinoza effectexistfollow Change image and share on social
One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf. Baruch Spinoza baddeafgood Change image and share on social
Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived. Baruch Spinoza conceivegodwhatsoever Change image and share on social
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak. Baruch Spinoza capacityhappyman Change image and share on social
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. Baruch Spinoza attributebeautifulbeauty Change image and share on social
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them. Baruch Spinoza actionhatehuman Change image and share on social
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil. Baruch Spinoza bearconceptionevil Change image and share on social
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. Baruch Spinoza activityattainfree Change image and share on social
Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself. Baruch Spinoza blessednessrewardvirtue Change image and share on social
