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> [Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/nature-has-no-goal-in-view-and-final-causes-are-only-human-imaginings/)

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> [Love is pleasure accompanied by the idea of an external cause, and hatred pain accompanied by the idea of an external cause.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/love-is-pleasure-accompanied-by-the-idea-of-an-external-cause-and/)

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> [“Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/things-which-are-accidentally-the-causes-either-of-hope-or-fear-are/)

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> [Everything in nature is a cause from which there flows some effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/everything-in-nature-is-a-cause-from-which-there-flows-some-effect/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

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> [Love is nothing but joy accompanied with the idea of an eternal cause.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/love-is-nothing-but-joy-accompanied-with-the-idea-of-an-eternal-cause/)

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> [God is the efficient cause not only of the existence of things, but also of their essence. Corr. Individual things are nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/god-is-the-efficient-cause-not-only-of-the-existence-of-things-but/)

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> [True knowledge of good and evil as we possess is merely abstract or general, and the judgment which we pass on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/true-knowledge-of-good-and-evil-as-we-possess-is-merely-abstract-or/)

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> [If a man had begun to hate an object of his love, so that love is thoroughly destroyed, he will, causes being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/if-a-man-had-begun-to-hate-an-object-of-his-love-so-that-love-is/)

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> [A miracle signifies nothing more than an event... the cause of which cannot be explained by another familiar instance, or… which the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/a-miracle-signifies-nothing-more-than-an-event-the-cause-of-which/)

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> [Simply from the fact that we have regarded a thing with the emotion of pleasure or pain, though that thing be not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/simply-from-the-fact-that-we-have-regarded-a-thing-with-the-emotion/)

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> [In the mind there is no absolute or free will; but the mind is determined to wish this or that by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/in-the-mind-there-is-no-absolute-or-free-will-but-the-mind-is/)

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> [Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/men-believe-themselves-to-be-free-simply-because-they-are-conscious/)

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> [If anyone conceives that he is loved by another, and believes that he has given no cause for such love, he will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/if-anyone-conceives-that-he-is-loved-by-another-and-believes-that-he/)

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> [From what has been said we can clearly understand the nature of Love and Hate. Love is nothing else but pleasure accompanied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/from-what-has-been-said-we-can-clearly-understand-the-nature-of-love/)

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> [Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/those-who-wish-to-seek-out-the-cause-of-miracles-and-to-understand/)

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> [Anyone who seeks for the true causes of miracles, and strives to understand natural phenomena as an intelligent being, and not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/anyone-who-seeks-for-the-true-causes-of-miracles-and-strives-to/)

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## Other authors on Causes

## More by Baruch Spinoza

> [It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/it-is-sure-that-those-are-most-desirous-of-honour-or-glory-who-cry/)

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> [. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/to-know-the-order-of-nature-and-regard-the-universe-as-orderly-is-the/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

> [If anyone conceives that he is loved by another, and believes that he has given no cause for such love, he will love that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/if-anyone-conceives-that-he-is-loved-by-another-and-believes-that-he/)

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> [The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/the-world-would-be-happier-if-men-had-the-same-capacity-to-be-silent/)

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> [“So they will pursue their questions from cause to cause, till at last you take refuge in the will of God—in other words, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/so-they-will-pursue-their-questions-from-cause-to-cause-till-at-last/)

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> [As men's habits of mind differ, so that some more readily embrace one form of faith, some another, for what moves one to pray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/as-men-s-habits-of-mind-differ-so-that-some-more-readily-embrace-one/)

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> [If a man had begun to hate an object of his love, so that love is thoroughly destroyed, he will, causes being equal, regard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/if-a-man-had-begun-to-hate-an-object-of-his-love-so-that-love-is/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

> [I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/i-make-this-chief-distinction-between-religion-and-superstition-that/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

> [One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/one-and-the-same-thing-can-at-the-same-time-be-good-bad-and/)

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> [A good thing which prevents us from enjoying a greater good is in truth an evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/a-good-thing-which-prevents-us-from-enjoying-a-greater-good-is-in/)

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> [But if men would give heed to the nature of substance they would doubt less concerning the Proposition that Existence appertains to the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/but-if-men-would-give-heed-to-the-nature-of-substance-they-would/)

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> [The more intelligible a thing is, the more easily it is retained in the memory, and counterwise, the less intelligible it is, the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/the-more-intelligible-a-thing-is-the-more-easily-it-is-retained-in/)

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> [In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible; or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another. For no one by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/in-the-state-of-nature-wrong-doing-is-impossible-or-if-anyone-does/)

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> [For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character: for obedience is the constant will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/for-peace-is-not-mere-absence-of-war-but-is-a-virtue-that-springs/)

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> [Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/peace-is-not-an-absence-of-war-it-is-a-virtue-a-state-of-mind-a/)

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