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Freedom is self-determination....

Freedom is self-determination.

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.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

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

Measure, time and number are n...

Measure, time and number are nothing but modes of thought or rather of imagination.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

I should attempt to treat huma...

I should attempt to treat human vice and folly geometrically... the passions of hatred, anger, envy, and so on, considered in themselves, follow from the necessity and efficacy of nature... I shall, therefore, treat the nature and strength of the emotion in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes, and solids.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

The idea, which constitutes th...

The idea, which constitutes the actual being of the human mind, is not simple, but compounded of a great number of ideas.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

The greatest good is the knowl...

The greatest good is the knowledge of the union which the mind has with the whole nature.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

In practical life we are compe...

In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

If the way which I have pointe...

If the way which I have pointed out as leading to this result (i.e., power over the emotions by which the wise man surpasses the ignorant man) seems exceedingly hard, it may nevertheless be discovered. Needs must it be hard, since it is so seldom found. How would it be possible, if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labour be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

I shall consider human actions...

I shall consider human actions and desires in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes and solids.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

Only free men are thoroughly g...

Only free men are thoroughly grateful one to another.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

I believe that a triangle, if ...

I believe that a triangle, if it could speak, would say that God is eminently triangular, and a circle that the divine nature is eminently circular; and thus would every one ascribe his own attributes to God.

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Anyone who seeks for the true ...

Anyone who seeks for the true causes of miracles, and strives to understand natural phenomena as an intelligent being, and not to gaze at them like a fool, is set down and denounced as an impious heretic.

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Laws which prescribe what ever...

Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify, or rather to appease the anger of those who cannot abide independent minds.

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Of all the things that are bey...

Of all the things that are beyond my power, I value nothing more highly than to be allowed the honor of entering into bonds of friendship with people who sincerely love truth. For, of things beyond our power, I believe there is nothing in the world which we can love with tranquility except such men.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

He whose honor depends on the ...

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

The more we understand individ...

The more we understand individual things, the more we understand God.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

The more clearly you understan...

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

The more intelligible a thing ...

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.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

Men are especially intolerant ...

Men are especially intolerant of serving and being ruled by, their equals.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

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