In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
BARUCH SPINOZANo matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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