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Ascribing an event to the power of God when its natural cause is unknown is folly
Drawn from what Baruch Spinoza said
What Baruch Spinoza actually said
- Baruch Spinoza Dutch philosopher (1632 to 1677)
It is absolute folly, therefore, to ascribe an event to the power of God when we know not its natural cause, which is the power of God.
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↗Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 1 (1670; R. H. M. Elwes translation)gutenberg.org
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