religion 27
- Whatever exists is in God, and without God nothing can exist or be conceived
- The biblical histories were compiled from various writers without arrangement or examination
Baruch Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632 to 1677), born in Amsterdam's Portuguese-Jewish community; died in The Hague; author of the Ethics and the Theological-Political Treatise.
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happiness 4
- A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death
- Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself; we do not rejoice because we control our lusts, we control them because we rejoice
behavioural science 2
- Conclusions reached through the passions are defended by the passions, not by reason
- Superstition is born, kept alive and nourished by fear