Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
BARUCH SPINOZAGod is not He who is, but That which is.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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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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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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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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