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Someone who does what is right only from fear of punishment cannot be called just
Drawn from what Baruch Spinoza said
What Baruch Spinoza actually said
- Baruch Spinoza Dutch philosopher (1632 to 1677)
In truth, a man who renders everyone their due because he fears the gallows, acts under the sway and compulsion of others, and cannot be called just.
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↗Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 1 (1670; R. H. M. Elwes translation)gutenberg.org
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