Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we...

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we...

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...

It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine...

It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine...

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...

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 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...

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...

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

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...

We feel and know that we are eternal.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

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...

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.

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.

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...

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.