The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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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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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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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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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Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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