“For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
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Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.
Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.
Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.
