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The things...are esteemed as t...

The things...are esteemed as the greatest good of all...can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

According as each has been edu...

According as each has been educated, so he repents of or glories in his actions.

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Freedom is self-determination....

Freedom is self-determination.

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Reason connot defeat emotion, ...

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

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Will and intellect are one and...

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

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To understand something is to ...

To understand something is to be delivered of it.

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Whatsoever is, is in God....

Whatsoever is, is in God.

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Happiness is not the reward of...

Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself; nor do we delight in happiness because we restrain from our lusts; but on the contrary, because we delight in it, therefore we are able to restrain them.

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The mind can only imagine anyt...

The mind can only imagine anything, or remember what is past, while the body endures.

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Yet nature cannot be contraven...

Yet nature cannot be contravened, but preserves a fixed and immutable order.

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Whatever increases, decreases,...

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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Reality and perfection are syn...

Reality and perfection are synonymous.

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Since love of God is the highe...

Since love of God is the highest felicity and happiness of man, his final end and the aim of all his actions, it follows that he alone observes the divine law who is concerned to love God not from fear of punishment nor love of something else, such as pleasure, fame, ect., but from the single fact that he knows God, or that he knows that the knowledge and love of God is the highest good

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Everything great is just as di...

Everything great is just as difficult to realize as it is rare to find.

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Nature has no goal in view, an...

Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.

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It is not possible that we sho...

It is not possible that we should remember that we existed before our body, for our can bear no trace of such existence, neither can eternity be defined in terms of time or have any relation to time. But notwithstanding, we feel and know that we are eternal.

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A good thing which prevents us...

A good thing which prevents us from enjoying a greater good is in truth an evil.

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It is usually the case with mo...

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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It is sure that those are most...

It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world.

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Pride is over-estimation of on...

Pride is over-estimation of oneself by reason of self-love.

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