Spinoza: the absolute philosopher, whose Ethics is the foremost book on concepts.

Spinoza is, for me, the prince of philosophers.

Spinoza is the Christ of philosophers, and the greatest philosophers are hardly more than apostles who distance themselves from or draw near to this mystery.

Of Bruno, as of Spinoza, it may be said that he was 'God-intoxicated.' He felt that the Divine Excellence had its abode in the very heart of Nature and within …