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“I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.”

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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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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