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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God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things

We feel and know that we are eternal.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

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...

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason...

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason...

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor...

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor...

Desire is the very essence of man.

Desire is the very essence of man.

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...

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.

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.

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and...

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and...

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...

One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent,...

One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent,...

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...