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The truth of a historical narrative cannot give us knowledge or love of God
Drawn from what Baruch Spinoza said
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- Baruch Spinoza Dutch philosopher (1632 to 1677)
The truth of a historical narrative, however assured, cannot give us the knowledge nor consequently the love of God, for love of God springs from knowledge of Him, and knowledge of Him should be derived from general ideas, in themselves certain and known, so that the truth of a historical narrative is very far from being a necessary requisite for our attaining our highest good.
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↗Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 1 (1670; R. H. M. Elwes translation)gutenberg.org
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