In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
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.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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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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