Freedom is self-determination.
BARUCH SPINOZAFreedom is self-determination.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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Reason is no match for passion.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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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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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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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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