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A man is as much affected pleasurably or painfully by the image of a thing past or future as by the image of a thing present.

Source:Part III, Proposition XVIII
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Baruch Spinoza - Ethics Quotes
  • Book: Ethics
  • Writer: Baruch Spinoza
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1677
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