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by R. H. M. Elwes (Translator), Benedict de Spinoza (Author)
A Theologico-Political Treatise Benedict de Spinoza Tractatus Theologico-Politicus Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune