Carp Quote by Baruch Spinoza

“He that can carp in the most eloquent or acute manner at the weakness of the human mind is held by his fellows as almost divine.” quote by Baruch Spinoza — Download Open image

“He that can carp in the most eloquent or acute manner at the weakness of the human mind is held by his fellows as almost divine.”

Baruch Spinoza

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. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.

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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

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I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge.

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A good thing which prevents us from enjoying a greater good is in truth an evil.

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