There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
BARUCH SPINOZAIn so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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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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 self-determination.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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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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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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