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True virtue is life under the direction of reason.
Baruch Spinoza
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Baruch Spinoza
Age: 44 †
Born: 1632
Born: November 24
Died: 1677
Died: February 21
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Human infirmity in moderating and checking the emotions I name bondage : for, when a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune : so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.
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He who regulates everything by laws, is more likely to arouse vices than reform them.
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If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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There is no fear without some hope, and no hope without some fear.
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True knowledge of good and evil as we possess is merely abstract or general, and the judgment which we pass on the order of things and the connection of causes, with a view to determining what is good or bad for us in the present, is rather imaginary than real.
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The eternal wisdom of God ... has shown itself forth in all things, but chiefly in the mind of man, and most of all in Jesus Christ.
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The greatest good is the knowledge of the union which the mind has with the whole nature.
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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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In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason.
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