Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
BARUCH SPINOZAFreedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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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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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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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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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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