The Lens Grinder
Baruch Spinoza
Your quest companion appears in the header, offers one of their ideas on your home page each day, and cheers you on in lessons. You can change companions at any time, and your progress stays the same.
A Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish descent, expelled by his community, who ground lenses for a living and argued that God and nature are one.
Key work: Ethics (1677)
“But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
Understanding a passion loosens its hold.
God and nature are one substance.
Freedom is acting from your own nature.
Read more: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Understanding Sets You Free
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