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He, who knows how to distinguish between true and false, must have an adequate idea of true and false.
Baruch Spinoza
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Baruch Spinoza
Age: 44 †
Born: 1632
Born: November 24
Died: 1677
Died: February 21
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Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well.
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