Freedom is self-determination.
BARUCH SPINOZAWe feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by which they are determined.
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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 call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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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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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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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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