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Baruch Spinoza Quote - Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.

Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.

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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.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Action Cause Conscious Detrmination Freedom Ignorance Men Mistake Opinion
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Arms Conquer Love Mind Noble
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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Belong Man Nature Understand
Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Foundation Preservation Primary Virtue
I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Freedom One Liner Reason
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Capacity Happiness Men Silence Speak World
He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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Desire Mankind Men Reason Rule
When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Emotion Man Master Prey
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Alone Consent Freedom Guidance Reason
Reason is no match for passion.
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Match One Liner Passion Reason
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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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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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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Genuine Happiness Life Need Want

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