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As men’s habits of mind differ, so that some more readily embrace one form of faith, some another, for what moves one to pray may move another to scoff, I conclude ... that everyone should be free to choose for himself the foundations of his creed, and that faith should be judged only by its fruits. - Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza
Attribution: Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza (1623–1677), pantheistic philosopher. Preface, p. 10, A Theologico-Political Treatise: A Political Treatise, trans. by R.H.M. Elwes, Dover, New York (1955). Spinoza’s statement of complete toleration of all religious views.

Categories: Mankind, Pantheistic Philosopher, Religion

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