He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZAHappiness is a virtue, not its reward.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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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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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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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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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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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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