QuoteQuest“The ordinary surroundings of life which are esteemed by men (as their actions testify) to be the highest good, may be classed under the three heads — Riches, Fame, and the Pleasures of Sense: with these three the mind is so absorbed that it has little power to reflect on any different good.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Baruch Spinoza
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
- Held by
- Wikiquote
Context
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Spinoza, Baruch. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Baruch Spinoza. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza
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