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Book cover for The Spirit of Spinoza: Healing the Mind

The Spirit of Spinoza: Healing the Mind by Neal Grossman

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an adequate theory of human emotions not only explains our emotions, but, through the understanding provided by the theory, gives us some control over them, so that even if not fully released from bondage, we suffer much less.

Manolo’s Quotes

“Podría ser que solo cuando ya es demasiado tarde para escapar nos demos cuenta de que siempre hemos sido libres.”
― Rachel Cusk, Kudos

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“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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“Happiness [is] only real when shared”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

tags: family, happiness, inspirational, love, marriage

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“Cualquier tarugo miserable que no tiene nada en el mundo de lo que pueda sentirse orgulloso, recurre al último recurso, vanagloriarse de la nación a la que casualmente pertenece.”
― Schopenhauer, AFORISMOS SOBRE LA SABIDURIA EN LA VIDA

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Stoic Book Club — 879 members — last activity Feb 17, 2026 10:41PM
This club is about traditional Stoicism with the distinct purpose of enabling and promoting discourse on Stoic philosophy as a way of life.

Classics and the Western Canon — 4946 members — last activity 4 minutes ago
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more

Libros clásicos en español — 930 members — last activity Oct 15, 2025 01:27AM
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