Full Idea
Spinoza's life unites philosophy and practice; he manifests that very impersonal love of truth which he proclaims in his writings as the highest human value.
Gist of Idea
Spinoza's life shows that love of truth which he proclaims as the highest value
Source
comment on Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675]) by Alasdair MacIntyre - A Short History of Ethics Ch.10
Book Reference
MacIntyre,Alasdair: 'A Short History of Ethics' [Routledge 1967], p.140
A Reaction
Spinoza has become a secular saint in our times. If the big three values are Beauty, Goodness and Truth, why should the third be given top status? I once heard a philosopher say that truth was the only value.