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People think themselves free because they are aware of their wishes but ignorant of the causes that make them wish
Drawn from what Baruch Spinoza said
What Baruch Spinoza actually said
- Baruch Spinoza Dutch philosopher (1632 to 1677)
Herefrom it follows, first, that men think themselves free inasmuch as they are conscious of their volitions and desires, and never even dream, in their ignorance, of the causes which have disposed them so to wish and desire.
Where this was said
↗Ethics (tr. R. H. M. Elwes, 1883)gutenberg.org
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