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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza 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.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza 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.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza 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.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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