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The doctrines added by certain churches, such as that God took upon himself human nature, I have expressly said that I do not understand; in fact, to speak the truth, they seem to me no less absurd than would a statement, that a circle had taken upon itself the nature of a square. (Baruch Spinoza)
But if in any case I did find error in that which I have collected from my natural understanding, I should count it good fortune, since I. View quote
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Then, as now, the philosopher seemed a living oxymoron: he was an ascetic sensualist, a spiritual materialist, a sociable hermit, a secular saint. View quote
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Let him be accursed by day, and accursed by night; let him be accursed in his lying down, and accursed in his rising up ; accursed in going out and accursed in coming in. View quote
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Hereby then are all admonished that none hold converse with him by word of mouth, none hold communication with him by writing ; that no one do him any service, no one abide under the same roof with him, no one approach within four cubits' length of him, and no one read any document dictated by him, or written by his hand. View quote
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This error... forms one of the ultimate foundations of the system of Spinoza. View quote
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I... lest I... confound the divine nature with the human, do not assign to God human attributes. View quote
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You can take every one of Spinoza's propositions, and take the contrary propositions, and. View quote
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I cannot consider them as anything but dreams, which differ from God as totally as that which is not differs from that which is. View quote
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You are either a Spinozist or not a philosopher at all. View quote
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For how shall the finite comprehend the infinite? (Baruch Spinoza)
I do not think it necessary for salvation to know Christ according to the flesh : but with regard to the Eternal Son of God, that is the Eternal Wisdom of God, which has manifested itself in all things and especially in the human mind, and above all in Christ Jesus, the case is far otherwise. View quote
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Woe to him who in passing should hurl an insult at this gentle and pensive head. He would be punished, as all vulgar souls are punished, by his very vulgarity, and by his incapacity to conceive what is divine. View quote
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Of Bruno, as of Spinoza, it may be said that he was "God-intoxicated." View quote
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Spinoza avers that blessedness comes only from a certain kind of knowledge-specifically, the "knowledge of the union that the mind has with the whole of Nature." View quote
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Looked at in this light, men like Democritus, Francis of Assisi, and Spinoza are closely akin to one another. View quote
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He fell well short of mastering the art of demonstration; he had only a mediocre knowledge of analysis and geometry; what he knew best was to make lenses for microscopes. View quote
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The experience Spinoza records... establishes... the moment of extreme doubt, fear, and uncertainty that precedes the dawn of revelation. ...the journey ...is one trodden by poets, philosophers, and theologians too numerous to mention, who for millennia have recorded this feeling. View quote
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Even though the divergencies are admittedly tremendous, they are due more to the difference in time, culture, and science. View quote
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Speaking generally, he holds dominion, to whom are entrusted by common consent affairs of state. View quote
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Spinoza formulated the problem of the socially patterned defect very clearly. (Baruch Spinoza)
Slavery, then, and not peace, is furthered by handing the whole authority to one man. View quote
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For Spinoza, philosophy originates in the very personal... feeling of emptiness. View quote
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Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love. Hatred which is completely vanquished by love, passes into love; and love is thereupon greater, than id hatred had not preceded it. View quote
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Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. View quote
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