Spinoza's Dictum

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(idea) by mattbw (3.6 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Jul 25 2000 at 22:00:36

Seventeenth century Dutch Philosopher Baruch Spinoza studied human behaviour and rationalism and is credited with the quote:

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

Benedictus de Spinoza	The Anathematization of Baruch Spinoza	Agnosticism is the greatest intellectual challenge	Borges and I
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The Art of Writing Translations: Eighth Chapter: On the Virtues and Vices of Translation	Ten reasons to believe in God	Counterfeits of Meditation Three	Baruch Spinoza
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Adam Weishaupt	Am I a butterfly dreaming I am a person? Or a bowling ball dreaming I am a plate of sashimi?	Dutch	Rationalism
monist	seal clubbing	1 Corinthians 12	Existentialism

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