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Baruch Spinoza Quote - 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.

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.

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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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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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