There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. – Baruch Spinoza
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason. – Baruch Spinoza
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. – Baruch Spinoza
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason. – Baruch Spinoza
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
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion. – Baruch Spinoza
There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald – all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil. – Pliny, about the opal