Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
BARUCH SPINOZAI call him free who is led solely by reason.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by which they are determined.
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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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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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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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In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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