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Full Idea
Men prefer order to confusion, as if order were something in nature apart from our own imagination.
Gist of Idea
Men say they prefer order, not realising that we imagine the order
Source
Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], IApp)
Book Ref
Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Ethics', ed/tr. White,WH/Stirling,AH [Wordsworth 2001], p.38