It is in the nature of reason to perceive things under a certain form of eternity (sub quâdam æternitatis specie).
Baruch Spinoza
Where these words come from
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- Ethics (1677), R. H. M. Elwes translation (1883); Exact wording and attribution checked. Philosophical distinction between eternity and indefinite duration.
- Ethics (1677), R. H. M. Elwes translation (1883)
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