Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
BARUCH SPINOZASelf-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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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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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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