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.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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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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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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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Freedom is self-determination.
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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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