I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
BARUCH SPINOZAEmotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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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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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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