Ethica
Translated by R. H. M. Elwes · 1883
One of the sources behind Baruch Spinoza.
Emotions have causes
Most writers on the emotions and on human conduct seem to be treating rather of matters outside nature than of natural phenomena following nature's general laws…
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Hope and fear
Hope is nothing else but an inconstant pleasure, arising from the image of something future or past, whereof we to a certain extent doubt the issue. Fear is an …
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Understanding frees
Among all the emotions that are attributable to the mind as active, there are none which cannot be referred to pleasure or desire.…
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