Einstein Poem: On Spinoza's Ethics
Peter Y. Chou
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Preface: Ann's August 16 email @ 8:48 pm,
wondered if I knew Einstein's tribute to Spinoza (Didn't know if original was in English or German) "How much do I love that noble man, / More than I could tell with words! / I fear though he'll remain alone / With a holy halo of his own." Emailed Ann @ 10:47 pm I have a web page on Spinoza (done 10-25-2007) after attending Rebecca Goldstein's Stanford lecture. Einstein's original poem was in German "Zu Spinozas Ethik"; Reading my web page on Spinoza, to see why I hold him so dear to my heart. Last lines of Baruch Spinoza's Ethics (1677): "But all things noble are as difficult as they are rare." brought me to tears when I first read it at Columbia (1960), and again when Anthony Damiani read me these lines in his Ithaca bookstore American Brahman (1968). Why? Never asked this question until now. I believe Baruch Spinoza touched the depth of my soul as cited "O my soul, remember past strivings, remember!" in the Isa Upanishad (400 BC). |
![]() Albert Einstein (1879-1955) |
![]() "Zu Spinozas Ethik" by Einstein 1920 |
![]() Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677). |
"Zu Spinozas Ethik" by Einstein (1920)
Wie lieb ich diesen edlen Mann |
On Spinoza's Ethics": Google Translate (2023)
How I love this noble man
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