I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
BARUCH SPINOZADo not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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 most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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