Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
BARUCH SPINOZAReason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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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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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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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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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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