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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / d. Purpose of consciousness
To understand is the absolute virtue of the mind [Spinoza]
     Full Idea: To understand is the absolute virtue of the mind.
     From: Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], IV Pr 28)
     A reaction: A possible epigraph for this website. Perhaps it should be required by law that this be printed on the frontispiece of every philosophy book ever published.