I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
BARUCH SPINOZA
Emotion, 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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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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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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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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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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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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