Most of those who have written about the Affects, and men’s way of living, seem to treat, not of natural things, which follow the common laws of nature, but of things that are outside nature. Indeed they seem to conceive man in nature as a dominion within a dominion. For they believe that man disturbs, rather than follows, the order of nature, that he has absolute power over his actions, and that he is determined only by himself. Baruch Spinoza
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The greatest man in the world, according to Aristotle, is the one who knows how to govern himself. The people who lived in the ancient times know that they will do well by living according to nature and ruling their behavior and actions without controlling their minds and thoughts. The great man should be able to manage all aspects of his life and be free from any kind of emotional disturbance and uncontrollable impulses.

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