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A free man thinks of death least of all things; and his wisdom is a meditation not of death but of life.

— Baruch Spinoza Ethics (1677)

Homo liber de nulla re minus, quam de morte cogitat, et ejus sapientia non mortis, sed vitae meditatio est.

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

Nature is satisfied with little; and if she is, I am also.

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All laws which can be broken without any injury to another, are counted but a laughing-stock, and are so far from bridling the desires and lusts of men, that on the contrary they stimulate them.

Political Treatise (1677)

If slavery, barbarism and desolation are to be called peace, men can have no worse misfortune.

Political Treatise (1677)

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

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