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“Consistency is the virtue of small minds, and Spinoza had a great mind—he was inconsistent all over the place.” quote by Jim Holt — Download Open image

““Consistency is the virtue of small minds, and Spinoza had a great mind—he was inconsistent all over the place.””

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