If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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...

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

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

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

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

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

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...

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

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...

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our...

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our...

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...

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...

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

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.

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.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand...

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand...

We feel and know that we are eternal.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Desire is the very essence of man.

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...