Freedom is self-determination.
BARUCH SPINOZAReason is no match for passion.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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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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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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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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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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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