“This endeavour to do a thing or leave it undone, solely in order to please men, we call ambition, especially when we so eagerly endeavour to please the vulgar, that we do or omit certain things to our own or another’s hurt.”
— Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
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This is Part 4 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
philosophybits: “This endeavour to do a thing or leave it undone, solely in order to please men, we call ambition,...
suliqyre:An isolated fragment looks suspicious. It seems to say something, but its meaning is not clear. What is its purpose?...
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“To clarify thought, to discredit the intrinsically meaningless words, and to define the use of others by precise analysis —...
