The idea, which constitutes the actual being of the human mind, is not simple, but compounded of a great number of ideas.
Baruch SpinozaI have tried sedulously not to laugh at the acts of man, nor to lament them, nor to detest them, but to understand them.
Baruch SpinozaThe things which ... are esteemed as the greatest good of all ... can be reduced to these three headings, to wit : Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.
Baruch Spinoza