Thinkers of the Renaissance
Baruch Spinoza
1632 – 1677
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Baruch (de) Spinoza, also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, who was born and lived in the Dutch Republic. A forerunner of the Age of Enlightenment, Spinoza significantly influenced modern biblical criticism, 17th-century rationalism, and Dutch intellectual culture, establishing himself as one of the most important and radical philosophers of the early modern period. Influenced by Stoicism, Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, Ibn Tufayl, and heterodox Christians, Spinoza was a leading philosopher of the Dutch Golden Age.
Thomas Fuller (writer)
1608 – 1661
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Thomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen.
4948. They agree like Bells ; they want nothing but hanging.
George Herbert
1593 – 1633
Musicquotes
George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609.
310. Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Voltaire
1694 – 1778
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François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
If I had had more time, this letter would have been shorter.
René Descartes
1596 – 1650
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French philosopher known for Cogito ergo sum. Father of modern Western philosophy.
Blaise Pascal
1623 – 1662
Mathematicsquotes
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer.
Emanuel_Swedenborg
1688 – 1772
Sciencequotes
Emanuel Swedenborg was a Swedish polymath; a scientist, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, Christian theologian, philosopher, and mystic. He became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (1758).
A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship.
Thomas Hobbes
1588 – 1679
Philosophyquotes
Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher and political theorist, best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy.
So that every Crime is a sinne; but not every sinne a Crime.
Words from November 11
"4948. They agree like Bells ; they want nothing but hanging."
Thomas Fuller (writer)
1608
"2994. It is not a sign of Humility to declaim against Pride."
Thomas Fuller (writer)
1608
"310. Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number."
George Herbert
1593
"759. Give not S. Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing."
George Herbert
1593
"If I had had more time, this letter would have been shorter."
Voltaire
1694
"A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship."
Emanuel_Swedenborg
1688