Full Idea
Self-satisfaction is the highest thing for which we can hope, for no one endeavours to preserve his being for the same of any end. [Pr 53: Humility is not a virtue]
Gist of Idea
Self-satisfaction is the highest thing for which we can hope
Source
Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], IV Pr 52)
Book Reference
Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Ethics', ed/tr. White,WH/Stirling,AH [Wordsworth 2001], p.201
A Reaction
You can sense here that Spinoza was not a family man.
Related Idea
Idea 17221 A man ignorant of himself is ignorant of all of the virtues [Spinoza]