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Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.

Baruch Spinoza
Life, Hands, Hatred
Baruch Spinoza (1981). “Ethics”, p.129, Commodius Vicus

A free man, who lives among ignorant people, tries as much as he can to refuse their benefits. .. He who lives under the guidance of reason endeavours as much as possible to repay his fellow's hatred, rage, contempt, etc. with love and nobleness.

Baruch Spinoza
Men, People, Hatred

Love or hatred towards a thing, which we conceive to be free, must, other things being similar, be greater than if it were felt towards a thing acting by necessity.

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Life, Hatred, Acting
Baruch Spinoza (2014). “The Road to Inner Freedom: The Ethics”, p.27, Open Road Media

If anyone conceives, that an object of his love joins itself to another with closer bonds of friendship than he himself has attained to, he will be affected with hatred towards the loved object and with envy towards his rival.

Baruch Spinoza
Life, Envy, Hatred
Baruch Spinoza (1981). “Ethics”, p.122, Commodius Vicus

Hatred which is completely vanquished by love passes into love: and love is thereupon greater than if hatred had not preceded it.

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Love, Life, Hatred
Baruch Spinoza (2015). “Ethics”, p.223, Baruch Spinoza

I should attempt to treat human vice and folly geometrically... the passions of hatred, anger, envy, and so on, considered in themselves, follow from the necessity and efficacy of nature... I shall, therefore, treat the nature and strength of the emotion in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes, and solids.

Baruch Spinoza
Passion, Envy, Hatred

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