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Explaining what we cannot understand by appeal to God's will is a way of expressing ignorance
Drawn from what Baruch Spinoza said
What Baruch Spinoza actually said
- Baruch Spinoza Dutch philosopher (1632 to 1677)
Plainly, they are but triflers who, when they cannot explain a thing, run back to the will of God; this is, truly, a ridiculous way of expressing ignorance.
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↗Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 2 (1670; R. H. M. Elwes translation)gutenberg.org
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