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Baruch Spinoza describing souls as spiritual automata.
From The Collected Works of Spinoza, Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being, page 37 (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1985).

John Stuart Mill on the distinction between intention and motive in moral judgment. From On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, Part Utilitarianism, Section 2, page 132 (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015).

Bertrand Russell on what it means to be a civilized man.
From History of Western Philosophy, Chapter 1, page 15
(Simon & Schuster, New York, 1986).