I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.


Baruch Spinoza

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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion
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Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.
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The object of the idea constituting the human mind is the body
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Plato says the purpose of philosophy is to teach us how to die.
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The order and connection of ideas in the same as the order and connection of things
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But to rationalize faith is not to admit the superiority of philosophy over religion.
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Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.
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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
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Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.
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Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.
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You teach them how to do laundry. You should at least teach them how to balance a checkbook.
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From our view of this program, it was purely to teach teachers to teach religion.
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds ab...
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BARUCH SPINOZA
men, in so far as they live in obedience to reason necessarily do only such things as are necessaril...
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It's always healthy to take a fresh look at what we do, ... This includes not only what we teach and...
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Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.
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Religion should teach about hope to come for all, not terror for some
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EDUARDO CHILLIDA
Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy ...
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UNKNOWN
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ARISTOTLE
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they like about their ...
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He's a little bit of a disturber out there. He's got that edge.
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I think in terms of the long-term perspective the program is really becoming an established program.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its ...
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We feel and know that we are eternal.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.
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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to un...
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It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when...
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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please th...
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understa...
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One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to th...
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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
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Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosoph...
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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. O...
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached ...
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For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposit...
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For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from the force of character.
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To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is in...
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No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.
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God is a thing that thinks.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love. Hatred wh...
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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We feel and know that we are eternal
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Self - complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause
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God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things
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Do not weep. Do not wax indignant. Understand.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.
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If Scripture were to describe the downfall of an empire in the style adopted by political historians...
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Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow
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God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.
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The good which every man, who follows after virtue, desires for himself he will also desire for othe...
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whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived
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The order and connection of ideas in the same as the order and connection of things
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The object of the idea constituting the human mind is the body
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By that which is self-caused, I mean that of which the essence involves existence, or that of...
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For though men be ignorant, yet they are men
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Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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Desire is the essence of a man.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.
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True virtue is life under the direction of reason.
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Will and intellect are one and the same thing.
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Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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We feel and know that we are eternal.
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Will and intellect are one and the same.
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Desire is the essence of a man.
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All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare.
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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. ...
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Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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Except God no substance can be granted or conceived. .. Everything, I say, is in God, and all things...
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If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
BENEDICT SPINOZA
Desire is the essence of a man.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. O...
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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But n...
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We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
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A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still the...
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Vote for the man who promises least. He'll be the least disappointing.
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The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.
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Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. E...
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
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You talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the s...
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There are no such things as incurable s. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
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Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed ...
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No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
BERNARD BARUCH
I am quite sure that in the hereafter she will take me by the hand and lead me to my proper seat.
BERNARD BARUCH
If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarma...
BERNARD BARUCH
Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your faili...
BERNARD BARUCH
Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
BERNARD BARUCH
Gold has worked down from Alexander's time... When something holds good for two thousand years I do ...
BERNARD BARUCH
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the...
BERNARD BARUCH
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
BERNARD BARUCH
Two things are bad for the heart -- running up stairs and running down people.
BERNARD BARUCH
Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.
BERNARD BARUCH
When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich it is time to ...
BERNARD BARUCH
Bears don't live on Park Avenue.
BERNARD BARUCH
If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't be ri...
BERNARD BARUCH
Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.
BERNARD BARUCH
Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage an...
BERNARD BARUCH
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
BERNARD BARUCH
In America, if you put your mind to it you can have anything you want. You just can't have everythin...
BERNARD BARUCH
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
BERNARD BARUCH
Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
BERNARD BARUCH
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use i...
BERNARD BARUCH
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.
BERNARD BARUCH
To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
BERNARD BARUCH
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before ...
BERNARD BARUCH
Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
BERNARD BARUCH
I made my money by selling too soon.
BERNARD BARUCH
Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own f...
BERNARD BARUCH
Effects of Fear and Anger on Perceived Risks of Terrorism. People want to be treated as adults. They...
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
With things of a human origin, it's harder to objectively figure out the probabilities. To the best ...
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
This is a case where they did an exceptionally good job on the natural science and a really poor job...
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
I don't know if the learning is as systematic as it needs to be.
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
Are we prepared to lose a major city every year? ... It's cowardice not to ask the question and cowa...
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
I don't see anybody talking in terms of shame. I don't see any soul-searching.
BARUCH FISCHHOFF
The medical experts' estimates suggest this is a bigger risk than anything else we are facing.
BARUCH FISCHHOFF