Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen 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.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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Freedom is self-determination.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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