Spinoza Quotes

“So, Spinoza went off, not as a victim or a pariah but as an independent Portuguese person living in Amsterdam. In so doing, he became one of the first people to live outside of any religious affiliation.”
― Richard H. Popkin, Spinoza

“Spinoza was introduced to the Quaker leader in the Netherlands, William Ames, and was described by Peter Serrarius as a “Jew who by the Jews hath been cast out.”
― Richard H. Popkin, Spinoza

“One person was excommunicated for buying a kosher chicken from an Ashkenazi butcher rather than a Sephardic one.”
― Richard H. Popkin, Spinoza