"The glorious imagery of the gifted artist, the divine harmonies of the inspired musician, the keen mentality and patience of the scientist, the profundity of the philosopher, the wisdom of the born teacher – all these powers, and many more, lie hidden within us awaiting the time when we shall arouse them with the magic of the will."
Reincarnation: A Hope of the World - Irving S. Cooper
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Benedict Spinoza
Translated by W. H. White and A. H. Stirling, with an introduction by Don Garrett
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"Spinoza recognized only one substanc, God, and regarded extension and thought (and infinitely many unknown attributes as well) as all attributes of the one substance." Don Garrett, Introduction
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"We cannot know anything of nature without increasing our knowledge of the first cause, or of God." Benedict Spinoza, 'Short Treatise'
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"Everything really subsists in a single thing, which is God Himself." Benedict Spinoza, 'Short Treatise'
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"Besides God, no substance can be nor can be conceived." Proposition 14
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"The human mind is a part of the infinite intellect of God." Benedict Spinoza
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"Modern physical theories construe the entire universe as a single space-time entity that is not composed of discrete spatial parts but rather gives rise to ordinary things as local modifications of fields within it." Don Garrett, Introduction
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"God, or in other words, a Supreme Being, exists perfectly just and merciful, that is to say, a pattern of the true life….He is one….He is omnipresent." Benedict Spinoza
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"Only one substance exists, and it is absolutely infinite."
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"Granted that there are countless individuals, at last is everything one, and the recognition of this unity forms the goal and end of all philosophy and natural research." Giordano Bruno, 'De la Causa', Dialogue 4
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"Clear and distinct knowledge begets a love towards an immutable and eternal object, of which we are really partakers; a love therefore which cannot be vitiated by the defects which are in common love, but which can always become greater and greater, occupy the largest part of the mind and thoroughly affect it." Benedict Spinoza
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"Virtue is nothing but action according to the laws of our own nature, and is the effort to preserve our being….virtue is understanding." W. H. White, Translator
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"All things, I say, are in God, and everything which takes place takes place by the laws alone of the infinite nature of God."
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"There is no proportionate part, nor part at all which differs from the whole." Giordano Bruno, 'De la Causa', Dialogue 5
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"God is the immanent cause of all things." Proposition 18
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"God's Idea, from which infinite numbers of things follow in infinite ways, can be one only." 'Nature and the Origin of the Mind', Proposition 4
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"Laws, when we live under the reign of the love of God, cease to be laws. They are eternal truths." W. H. White, Translator
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"The universe is one, infinite…There is no proportionate part, nor part at all, which differs from the whole." Giordano Bruno, 'De la Causa', Dialogue 5
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"The mind understands itself better the more it understands Nature." Translator's Preface
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"The wider our knowledge of nature, the better we know ourselves." W. H. White, Translator
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"God is one, that is to say, in nature there is but one substance."
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"Whatever is, is in God, and nothing can either be or be conceived without God."
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"We see that we depend on that which is most Perfect, so that we are a part of the Whole – that is to say, of Him – and contribute that which is ours to the accomplishment of so many admirably arranged and perfect works dependent on Him." Benedict Spinoza, 'Short Treatise'
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"Everything which we apprehend in the Universe, since it has that which is all in all in itself, embraces in its own way the whole world-soul, which is in every part of the same completely." Giordano Bruno, 'De la Causa', Dialogue 5
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