We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhat Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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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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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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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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