Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
BARUCH SPINOZAI do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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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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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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The 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.
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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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Reason is no match for passion.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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