I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity,...

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity,...

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where...

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where...

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate...

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate...

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

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...

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

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.

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...

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...

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long...

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long...

Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor...

Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor...

Well never ever be as good on record as we are live because were not...

Well never ever be as good on record as we are live because were not...

Hip Hop offers new ways of seeing and understanding what it means to be black...

Hip Hop offers new ways of seeing and understanding what it means to be black...