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In the course of recent centuries, science was developed partly because they hoped to understand the goodness and wisdom of God with and through it - this was the main spiritual motive of the great Englishmen (such as Newton) - partly because they believed in the absolute necessity of knowledge, which is the strongest link in the morality, between science and happiness - this is the main motive of the soul of the great French (such as Voltaire) - and partly because they always wanted to see in science something selfless and harmless, something standing in itself, something innocent, to which man is evil his instincts have nothing to do with the heavenly world - this is the main spiritual motive of Spinoza, who felt divine as a knower: - therefore, due to three errors!

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In the course of recent centuries, science was developed partly because they hoped to understand the goodness and wisdom of God with and through it - this was the main spiritual motive of the great Englishmen (such as Newton) - partly because they believed in the absolute necessity of knowledge, which is the strongest link in the morality, between science and happiness - this is the main motive of the soul of the great French (such as Voltaire) - and partly because they always wanted to see in science something selfless and harmless, something standing in itself, something innocent, to which man is evil his instincts have nothing to do with the heavenly world - this is the main spiritual motive of Spinoza, who felt divine as a knower: - therefore, due to three errors!

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Hungarian

"Az utóbbi évszázadok folyamán a tudományt részben azért fejlesztették, mert vele és általa remélték megérteni Isten jóságát és bölcsességét - ez volt a nagy angolok (mint Newton) legfőbb lelki indítéka -, részben azért, mert hittek a megismerés abszolút szükségességében, amely a legerősebb kapocs a morál, a tudomány és a boldogság között - ez a nagy franciák (mint Voltaire) lelkének legfőbb indítéka -, részben pedig, mivel a tudományban mindenáron valami önzetlen és ártalmatlan dolgot, valami önmagában is megállót, valami ártatlant szerettek volna látni, amihez az ember gonosz ösztöneinek az égvilágon semmi közük - ez Spinoza legfőbb lelki indítéka, aki megismerőként isteninek érezte magát: - tehát három tévedésből kifolyólag!"

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