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Baruch Spinoza Quote - Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.

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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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Arms Conquer Love Mind Noble
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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Action Cause Conscious Detrmination Freedom Ignorance Men Mistake Opinion
Freedom is self-determination.
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Determination Freedom One Liner
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Endeavor Understand Virtue
Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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Cause Goals Human Imagination Nature View
Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Belong Man Nature Understand
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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Action Effort Hate Human Strive Understand Weep
The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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Clear Emotion Lover Understand
I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Freedom One Liner Reason
When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Emotion Man Master Prey
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.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Attribute Beautiful Beauty Confusion Imagination Nature Relation Ugly
Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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Foundation Preservation Primary Virtue
Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Faith Obedience Philosophy Save Truth
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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Crime Government Opinion Thought
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Hard Time Inspirational Understand Weep
Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Desire Philosophy Positive

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