Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
BARUCH SPINOZAGod is not He who is, but That which is.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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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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Freedom is self-determination.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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