Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that...

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that...

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

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

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...

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

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

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

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...

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,...

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,...

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

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

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,...

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...

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...

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more...

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more...

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.