Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
BARUCH SPINOZABe 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.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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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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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our 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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