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Baruch Spinoza Quote - Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.

Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.

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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Appearance Chance Knowledge Lack Nature
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Different Inspirational Past Present Study
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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Acceptance Astonish Cease Ideas True
There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Fear Hope Life
When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Emotion Man Master Prey
Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Defeat Emotion Overcome Reason Strong
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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Activity Attain Education Freedom Human Leaening Understand
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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Action Effort Hate Human Strive Understand Weep
Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Faith Obedience Philosophy Save Truth
He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Ansurd Black Lives Matter Equality Seek
In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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Aspect Eternal Eternity Mind Participate See
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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Disturb Establishment Philosophy Religion Teaching
Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Arms Conquer Love Mind Noble
Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Desire Philosophy Positive
Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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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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Desire Difficult Men Moderation Tongue Words

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