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“Simply from the fact that we have regarded a thing with the emotion of pleasure or pain, though that thing be not the efficient cause of the emotion, we can either love or hate it.”

Book:Ethics

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Ethics

This book delves into the fundamental questions of ethics, examining various theories and perspectives on moral reasoning and behavior. more

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Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza, a 17th-century Dutch philosopher of Jewish descent, is renowned for his unique philosophical thoughts and critical analysis of religion. Spinoza's philosophy emphasizes the unity of reason, nature, and God, and has had a profound impact on Western philosophy. more

“If we conceive that anyone loves, desires, or hates anything which we ourselves love, desire, or hate, we shall thereupon regard the thing in question with more steadfast love, etc. On the contrary, if we think that anyone shrinks from something that we love, we shall undergo vacillation of the soul.”

Ifs Thinking Life Soul Desire Hate Self Love Regard Contrary Etc One Love Shrinks Steadfast Vacillation Steadfast Love

Book:The Road to Inner Freedom: The Ethics

Source: The Road to Inner Freedom: The Ethics

“If we love something similar to ourselves, we endeavor, as far as we can, to bring it about that it should love us in return.”

Life Should Return Endeavor

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“The greater emotion with which we conceive a loved object to be affected toward us, the greater will be our complacency.”

Life Emotion Greater Objects Affected Complacency

Book:Ethics

Source: Ethics

“If anyone conceives, that an object of his love joins itself to another with closer bonds of friendship than he himself has attained to, he will be affected with hatred towards the loved object and with envy towards his rival.”