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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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.
Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.
Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.