“ Humility is not a virtue, or does not arise from reason. ”
Baruch Spinoza, Ethics (1677). copy citation
| Author | Baruch Spinoza |
|---|---|
| Source | Ethics |
| Topic | humility virtue |
| Date | 1677 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by R. H. M. Elwes |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3800/3800-h/3800-h.htm |
Context
“Coroll.) , and on the contrary (III. lv. Coroll.) is more and more disturbed by blame, fame becomes the most powerful of incitements to action, and life under disgrace is almost unendurable.
PROP. LIII. Humility is not a virtue, or does not arise from reason.
Proof.—Humility is pain arising from a man's contemplation of his own infirmities (Def. of the Emotions, xxvi.) . But, in so far as a man knows himself by true reason, he is assumed to understand his essence, that is, his power”
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