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Baruch Spinoza Quote - Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.

Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.

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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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Action Cease Effort Human Understand
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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Compell Follow Life Practical Science Truth
The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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Clear Emotion Lover Understand
Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Arms Conquer Love Mind Noble
What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Genuine Happiness Life Need Want
Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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Cause Goals Human Imagination Nature View
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
Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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Appearance Chance Knowledge Lack Nature
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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Absence Benevolence Confidence Justice Mind Peace Virtue War
God is not He who is, but That which is.
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God Lord Religion
Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Desire Philosophy Positive
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Attachment Happiness Love Object Quality Unhappy
Reason is no match for passion.
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Match One Liner Passion Reason
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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Disturb Establishment Philosophy Religion Teaching
Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Broken Heart Depression Diminish Man One Liner Power Sad
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Capacity Happiness Men Silence Speak World

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