Benedictus de Spinoza: As a student, in an hour when he was needing the help of sages, he followed Renan ; Spinoza freed his mind in matters of

As a student, in an hour when he was needing the help of sages, he followed Rena — Benedictus de Spinoza

As a student, in an hour when he was needing the help of sages, he followed Renan ; Spinoza freed his mind in matters of religion; from afar came the brotherly greeting of Tolstoi .

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