He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
BARUCH SPINOZAEmotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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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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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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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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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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