Full Idea
To understand is the absolute virtue of the mind.
Gist of Idea
To understand is the absolute virtue of the mind
Source
Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], IV Pr 28)
Book Reference
Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Ethics', ed/tr. White,WH/Stirling,AH [Wordsworth 2001], p.182
A Reaction
A possible epigraph for this website. Perhaps it should be required by law that this be printed on the frontispiece of every philosophy book ever published.
Related Idea
Idea 17211 Understanding is the sole aim of reason, and the only profit for the mind [Spinoza]