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Baruch Spinoza Quote - Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.

Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.

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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Disturb Establishment Philosophy Religion Teaching
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 SPINOZA

Acceptance Astonish Cease Ideas True
Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Bless Goodness Human Nature Thinking Weak
Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Appearance Chance Knowledge Lack Nature
Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Cause Goals Human Imagination Nature View
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 SPINOZA

Action Cause Conscious Detrmination Freedom Ignorance Men Mistake Opinion
He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Ansurd Black Lives Matter Equality Seek
Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Faith Obedience Philosophy Save Truth
No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Life Matter Philosophy Situation Slice Thin
Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Arise Himself Man Pleasure Pride Thinking
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Endeavor Understand Virtue
Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Desire Mankind Men Reason Rule
When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Emotion Man Master Prey
Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Absolute Art Freedom Liberty Necessary Progress Science
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Desire Difficult Men Moderation Tongue Words
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 SPINOZA

Attribute Beautiful Beauty Confusion Imagination Nature Relation Ugly

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