Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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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Freedom is self-determination.
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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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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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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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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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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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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 endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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