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Socrates’ defence was very carefully heard in the presence of the Academicians in the public assembly over a few days, and it produced no little disquiet in the minds of the judges, whose minds turned…
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Simone Luzzatto
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1651
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Third Part of the Ethics on the Origins and Nature of the Affects
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Baruch Spinoza
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The Hague, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (The Hague, Netherlands)
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1675
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Illustrious sir, having frequently thought about and recalled many treatises which in the presence of Your Worship were practiced during the time when I enjoyed your divine…
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Moses Almosnino
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1564
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One must know that man possesses a greater virtue than the beast, because a beast also has in it the breath of life and likewise has the intelligence to eat and drink, and the desire to lie with the…
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Johann Valentin Schüler, Beer Perlhefter, Bella Perlhefter
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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End of the 17th Century
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To the Very Learned and Experienced Mr. Johannes Bouwmeester
From B. d. S.
Most Learned Sir, special Friend,
I have not been able till now to reply to your last letter, which I received some time…
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Baruch Spinoza
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Voorburg, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Voorburg, Netherlands)
Date:
1666
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In which it is explained that the essence of the Torah is the performance of the commandments, not intellectual knowledge; and also the reason why it is called the Talmud…
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Ḥayim ben Bezalel
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Friedberg, Holy Roman Empire (Friedberg, Germany)
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1588
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Once, as a young man, I undertook to draw up a catalogue of the acknowledged goods of life. I set down my inventory of earthly desirables: health, love, talent, power, riches, and fame. Then I proudly…
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Joshua Loth Liebman
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Boston, United States of America
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1946
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Great hazards of the world are these rational brutes, the avaricious rich, as they are…
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Abraham Israel Pereyra
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1666
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On the twenty-fourth day of the counting [of the Omer] may there be tranquility and pleasantness in your chamber of Torah. The handmaids of the emperor’s house would sing his praises: “no eye-shadow…
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Solomon Luria
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Mid–16th Century
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Love:I see, Brother, that my being and perfection depend entirely on your perfection; and since the perfection of the object you have conceived…
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Baruch Spinoza
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
ca. 1661