"To be an artist or a philosopher requires two qualities: 1) genius, namely the capacity for knowledge beyond the founding law or the capacity for knowledge of ideas, and 2) the capacity to study ideas through the science of reproducing them in a material some (as concepts are for a philosopher). Spinoza possessed the first quality as befits a philosopher - to the greatest degree; however, he lacked the second quality - he did not have, so to speak, a philosophical technique, he did not know how to reproduce in abstracto the essence of the world that he knew intuitively. He was in the nets of Cartesian and scholastic concepts, from which he could not escape.
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To be an artist or a philosopher requires two qualities: 1) genius, namely the capacity for knowledge beyond the founding law or the capacity for knowledge of ideas, and 2) the capacity to study ideas through the science of reproducing them in a material some (as concepts are for a philosopher). Spinoza possessed the first quality as befits a philosopher - to the greatest degree; however, he lacked the second quality - he did not have, so to speak, a philosophical technique, he did not know how to reproduce in abstracto the essence of the world that he knew intuitively. He was in the nets of Cartesian and scholastic concepts, from which he could not escape.
""Pentru a fi artist sau filozof este nevoie de două calități: 1) genialiatate, și anume capacitatea de cunoaștere dincolo de legea întemeietoare sau capacitatea de cunoaștere a ideilor, și 2) capacitatea de studiere a ideilor prin știința de a le reproduce într-un material oarecare (cum sunt conceptele pentru un filozof). Spinoza poseda prima calitate așa cum i se potrivește unui filozof - în cea mai mare măsură; calitatea a doua îi lipsea însă - nu avea, ca să spunem așa, o tehnică filozofică, nu știa să reproducă in abstracto esența lumii pe care a cunoscut-o intuitiv. El era prin în mrejele conceptelor carteziene și scolastice, din care nu a putut scăpa."