1. "In so far as men are subject to passive emotions, to that extent they cannot be said to agree in nature" (E4p32). "In so far as men live under the guidance of reason, to that extent only do they always necessarily agree in nature." "In so far as men live under the guidance of reason, to that extent they always necessarily agree in nature" (E4p35). This distinction between reason as unifying and passion as divisive depends on Spinoza’s own ideas of reason and passion. In Hobbes, for example, rationality can as easily make people enemies as friends, and only a common passion of fear and awe for the sovereign will unite a people. "Now (although Hobbes thinks otherwise) reason is entirely in favor of peace" ( TTP, 238, n33).