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Ethics | Baruch Spinoza
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StaceGhost
Ethics | Baruch Spinoza
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A perfect representation for my interpretation of the hierophant! The tagged book was almost immediately banned. One of the first English copies was translated by my favorite lady, George Eliot. My own beliefs line up imperfectly with Spinoza‘s. I play a bit fast & loose (probably bc I‘m not a brilliant philosopher) but seeing the divine in the universe around me resonates deeply #tarottakeover

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HannaPolkadots
Ethics | Benedictus de Spinoza
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Panpan

Dear Mr. Spinoza, please mind punctuation, and remember that even though "consequently" and "inasmuch" are great words, you do not need to use them in every single sentence.

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HannaPolkadots
Ethics | Benedictus de Spinoza
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After a morning of tidying, cleaning and baking, it is time for my first cup of coffee and some bookish delights 😃

Nute I love your mug! 4y
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LowCountryKnight
Ethica | Benedictus de Spinoza

I think Spinoza is a nasty piece of work. What I see, however, in this work, is also a kind of idea of the world as being locked in a constant battle for freedom. We see, in philosophy in general, a tendency towards the opposite, the enslavement of the mind to tradition and idiotic consciousness. When we compare Spinoza to Confucius, we see immediately that there is progress to be made internationally, and that Eastern philosophy is not perfect.

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gradcat
Ethics | Baruch Spinoza
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DivineDiana Really?!?🤔 6y
booklahoma I was thinking it might be too early in the day for Spinoza. But it's not. Great post! 6y
gradcat @DivineDiana I was expecting someone to question the “rightness” of this quote. It wouldn‘t seem to absolutely describe humanity today, but Spinoza is speaking ontologically here, and he is at the same time countering Descartes‘ dualism. As such, he is positing his substance-attributes-modes theory of what is, while elaborating on the essential (human) nature to strive toward preservation (conatus). (edited) 6y
gradcat @booklahoma It probably is always too early for Spinoza! His philosophy is extremely complicated, imho. 😂😂😂 (edited) 6y
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GoneFishing
Ethics | Benedict De Spinoza

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.

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GoneFishing
Ethics | Benedict De Spinoza

It is the part of a wise man, I say, to refresh and restore himself in moderation with pleasant food and drink, with scents, with the beauty of green plants, with decoration, music, sports, the theater, and other things of this kind, which anyone can use without injury to another.

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GoneFishing
Ethics | Benedict De Spinoza

The superstitious know how to reproach people for their vices better than they know how to teach them virtues, and they strive, not to guide men by reason, but to restrain them by fear, so that they flee the evil rather than love virtues. Such people aim only to make others as wretched as they themselves are, so it is no wonder that they are generally burdensome and hateful to men.