Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever… — Quoted

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“Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.”

Baruch Spinoza · Nature

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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 incumbent on society as a whole.

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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.

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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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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 the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf.

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