I call him free who is led solely by reason.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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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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Freedom is self-determination.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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