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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
Baruch Spinoza
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Baruch Spinoza
Age: 44 †
Born: 1632
Born: November 24
Died: 1677
Died: February 21
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Except God no substance can be granted or conceived. .. Everything, I say, is in God, and all things which are made, are made by the laws of the infinite nature of God, and necessarily follows from the necessity of his essence.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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Schisms do not originate in a love of truth, which is a source of courtesy and gentleness, but rather in an inordinate desire for supremacy.
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. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.
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No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.
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A miracle signifies nothing more than an event... the cause of which cannot be explained by another familiar instance, or.... which the narrator is unable to explain.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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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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The more intelligible a thing is, the more easily it is retained in the memory, and counterwise, the less intelligible it is, the more easily we forget it.
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If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.
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Desire is the very essence of man
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We must take care not to admit as true anything, which is only probable. For when one falsity has been let in, infinite others follow.
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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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Whatever increases, decreases, limits or extends the body's power of action, increases decreases, limits, or extends the mind's power of action. And whatever increases, decreases, limits, or extends the mind's power of action, also increases, decreases, limits, or extends the body's power of action.
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