Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
BARUCH SPINOZAEmotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
-
-
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 -
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
God is not He who is, but That which is.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
BARUCH SPINOZA