He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
BARUCH SPINOZABe 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.
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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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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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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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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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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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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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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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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 self-determination.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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