I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
Baruch Spinoza
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More quotes by Baruch Spinoza
- He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
- Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.
- I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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- Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.