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Ethics

Baruch de Spinoza

Form
Form Philosophy
Year
Year 1677
Originally in
Originally in Latin
Pages
Pages 270

A philosopher proves, step by step like a geometry text, that God and nature are the same single substance, that everything happens by strict necessity, and that freedom means understanding why, not escaping it.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
Ethics, Baruch de Spinoza

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