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“ ”It is the part of a wise man, I say, to refresh and restore himself in moderation with pleasant food and drink, with scents, with the beauty of green plants, with decoration, music, sports, the theater, and other things of this kind, which anyone can use without injury to another.
About Baruch Spinoza
Benedictus de Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677) was a social and metaphysical philosopher known for the elaborate development of his monist philosophy, which has become known as Spinozism. Controversy regarding his ideas led to his excommunication from the Jewish community of his native Amsterdam. He was named Baruch ("blessed" in Hebrew) Spinoza by his synagogue elders and known as Bento de Spinoza or Bento d'Espiñoza, but afterwards used the name Benedictus ("blessed" in Latin) de Spinoza.
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Additional quotes by Baruch Spinoza
Blessed are the weak who think they are good because they have no claws.
CUERPO Y MENTE, ALMA (corpus-mens, anima) El cuerpo es un modo del atributo de la «extensión» y el alma (en rigor la mente, o mens) lo es del atributo «pensamiento», y entre ambos hay una estricta correspondencia de «orden y conexión» (E2P7S). Esta pareja constituye a todo individuo, incluido el humano (E2P21S), para entender el cual hay que partir del campo de la experiencia corpórea y sus relaciones con el mundo y afirmar después el alma como idea reflexiva del cuerpo
Everything great is just as difficult to realize as it is rare to find.