“If this conviction had not been a strongly emotional one and if those searching for knowledge had not been inspired by Spinoza 's Amor Dei Intellectualis , they would hardly have been capable of that untiring devotion which alone enables man to attain his greatest achievements.”
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Probable attribution
A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and Ideas and Opinions, but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: Ideas and Opinions
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This page records the wording "If this conviction had not been a strongly emotional one…," which centers on conviction, strongly, emotional. A concrete trail points toward Einstein, but the exact English form remains unconfirmed; the page therefore labels it as attributed to him while preserving its education and motivation context.
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