Baruch Spinoza Order Quotations

Things could not have been brought into being by God in any manner or in any order different from that which has in fact obtained.

He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.

Yet nature cannot be contravened, but preserves a fixed and immutable order.

. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.

The order and connection of ideas is the same as the order and connection of things.

.... we are a part of nature as a whole, whose order we follow.