 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Spinoza (1843-77) is the noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers. Intellectually, some others have surpassed him, but ethically, he is supreme. As a natural consequence, he was considered, during his lifetime and for a century after his death, a man of appalling wickedness. He was born a Jew, but the Jews excommunicated him. Christians abhorred him equally; although his whole philosophy is dominated by the idea of God, the orthodox accused him of atheism.
Source: A History of Western Philosophy, 1945, Book 3, chapter 10: Spinoza, p.552
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