"whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived

Every person should embrace those [dogmas] that he, being the best judge of himself, feels will do most to strengthen in him love of justice.
~ Baruch Spinoza ~












Every person should embrace those [dogmas] that he, being the best judge of himself, feels will do m...
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