His [Spinoza's] correspondence is the most interesting book one can read in the world of uprightness and of humanity. [Original in German: Sei Briefwechsel sei das interessanteste Buch, das man in der Welt von Aufrichtigkeit, Menschenliebe lesen könne.]
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, as quoted in A. Wolf, The Correspondence of Spinoza (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1928)