As nature preserves a fixed and immutable order; it must clearly follow that miracles are only intelligible as a relation to human opinions, and merely mean events of which the natural cause cannot be explained by a reference to any…

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the...

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the...

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by...

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by...

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind,...

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind,...

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no...

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no...

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from,...

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from,...

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and...

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and...

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind,...

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind,...

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without...

How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without...