It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence…There are many kinds of genius; each age has its different gifts. (Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist)
Desire is the very essence of man. (Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and theologian)
None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. (Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and theologian)
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them. (Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and theologian)
Man is a social animal. (Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and theologian)
We feel and know that we are eternal. (Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and theologian)







