Ethics

Ethics

Author: Benedictus de Spinoza

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Published: 1910

Total Pages: 263

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On the Improvement of the Understanding

On the Improvement of the Understanding

Author: Benedictus de Spinoza

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Published: 2004-06-01

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ISBN-13: 9781419238727

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[4] (1) By sensual pleasure the mind is enthralled to the extent of quiescence, as if the supreme good were actually attained, so that it is quite incapable of thinking of any other object; when such pleasure has been gratified it is followed by extreme melancholy, whereby the mind, though not enthralled, is disturbed and dulled.