Creative Quotations from Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677) born on Nov 24 Dutch philosopher; He was the foremost exponent of 17th-century Rationalism;

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Creative Quotations from Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677) born on Nov 24 Dutch philosopher; He was the foremost exponent of 17th-century Rationalism; wrote Ethics Demonstrated with Geometrical Order, 1674.

be different from the past, If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare.

a theory, either the theory must If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it we must direct our lives in such a way as to please the fancy of men…

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