Fear is sadness born of the idea of a future or past thing o... - Spinoza

This quote is attributed to Spinoza.

"Fear is sadness born of the idea of a future or past thing of which we imagine the issue to be doubtful."

Spinoza Fear

Philosopher Dutch-Portuguese 1632–1677

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