Freedom is self-determination.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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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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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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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