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Quote by Baruch Spinoza
One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indi

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. – Baruch Spinoza

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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason. – Baruch Spinoza

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Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. – Baruch Spinoza

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

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