Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhat Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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 govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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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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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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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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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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