Ethica | 
pickA perfect representation for my interpretation of the hierophant! The tagged book was almost immediately banned. One of the first English copies was translated by my favorite lady, George Eliot. My own beliefs line up imperfectly with Spinoza‘s. I play a bit fast & loose (probably bc I‘m not a brilliant philosopher) but seeing the divine in the universe around me resonates deeply #tarottakeover
panDear Mr. Spinoza, please mind punctuation, and remember that even though "consequently" and "inasmuch" are great words, you do not need to use them in every single sentence.
After a morning of tidying, cleaning and baking, it is time for my first cup of coffee and some bookish delights 😃
I think Spinoza is a nasty piece of work. What I see, however, in this work, is also a kind of idea of the world as being locked in a constant battle for freedom. We see, in philosophy in general, a tendency towards the opposite, the enslavement of the mind to tradition and idiotic consciousness. When we compare Spinoza to Confucius, we see immediately that there is progress to be made internationally, and that Eastern philosophy is not perfect.
#QuotsyMar19
(Day 21 - #Ambitious)
Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.
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.
The superstitious know how to reproach people for their vices better than they know how to teach them virtues, and they strive, not to guide men by reason, but to restrain them by fear, so that they flee the evil rather than love virtues. Such people aim only to make others as wretched as they themselves are, so it is no wonder that they are generally burdensome and hateful to men.
