God is not He who is, but That which is.
BARUCH SPINOZAThere can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Freedom is self-determination.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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 endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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