The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
BARUCH SPINOZAHappiness is a virtue, not its reward.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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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Reason is no match for passion.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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