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Rites that are good only because commanded are mere shadows, not the fruit of a sound mind
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- Baruch Spinoza Dutch philosopher (1632 to 1677)
Such things as are good simply because they have been commanded or instituted, or as being symbols of something good, are mere shadows which cannot be reckoned among actions that are the offsprings as it were, or fruit of a sound mind and of intellect.
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↗Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 1 (1670; R. H. M. Elwes translation)gutenberg.org
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