"Iniqua raro maximis virtutibus fortuna parcit ; nemo se tuto diu periculis offerre tam crebris potest; quem saepe transit casus, aliquando invenit."

"Victor Cousin believed that “We are constrained to see in this cradle of the human race the native land of …"

"“What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.” That was indeed a great benef…"

"Everything is flowing — going somewhere, animals and so-called lifeless rocks as well as water. Thus the sn…"

"I always carry the Ethics of Spinoza with me."

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"It is very difficult to understand proletarian violence as long as we try to think in terms of the ideas di…"