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Quote by Baruch Spinoza

“We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and that we regard such things more or less highly than is just. This is the source of the superstitions by which men everywhere are troubled. For the rest, I don”

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Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza, a 17th-century Dutch philosopher of Jewish descent, is renowned for his unique philosophical thoughts and critical analysis of religion. Spinoza's philosophy emphasizes the unity of reason, nature, and God, and has had a profound impact on Western philosophy. more

“But if men would give heed to the nature of substance they would doubt less concerning the Proposition that Existence appertains to the nature of substance: rather they would reckon it an axiom above all others, and hold it among common opinions. For then by substance they would understand that which is in itself, and through itself is conceived, or rather that whose knowledge does not depend on the knowledge of any other thing.”

Ifs Men Giving Doe Reality Common Existence Opinion Doubt Depends Substance Propositions Heed Axioms

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“I call that [Book of Job], apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with pen.”

Book Jobs Religion Written Theory Bible Pens

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“Conclusive facts are inseparable from inconclusive except by a head that already understands and knows.”

Knows Facts Inseparable

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“Man is emphatically a proselytizing creature.”

Men Humanity Nature Creatures Humankind Proselytizing

Book:Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh: Easyread Large Bold Edition