In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
BARUCH SPINOZAIn so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
BARUCH SPINOZAI do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
BARUCH SPINOZANo matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
BARUCH SPINOZAReason is no match for passion.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhat Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
BARUCH SPINOZAA free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhen a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
BARUCH SPINOZAIf you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
BARUCH SPINOZASadness diminishes a man’s powers.
BARUCH SPINOZAHappiness is a virtue, not its reward.
BARUCH SPINOZAMinds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
BARUCH SPINOZANothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
BARUCH SPINOZANature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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