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Conclusions reached through the passions are defended by the passions, not by reason
Drawn from what Baruch Spinoza said
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- Baruch Spinoza Dutch philosopher (1632 to 1677)
Every result of their diseased imagination they attribute to the Holy Ghost, and strive to defend with the utmost zeal and passion; for it is an observed fact that men employ their reason to defend conclusions arrived at by reason, but conclusions arrived at by the passions are defended by the passions.
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↗Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 2 (1670; R. H. M. Elwes translation)gutenberg.org
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