"Prop. XV. Anything can accidentally be the cause of pleasure, pain, or desire.
"Prop. XVIII. A man is as much affected pleasurably or painfully by the image of a thing past or future as by the image of a thing present.
"XXI. He who conceives that the object of his love is affected pleasurably or painfully, will himself be affected pleasurably or painfully; and the one or the other emotion will be greater or less in the lover according as it is greater or less in the thing loved.
"Prop. XXV. We endeavor to affirm, concerning ourselves, and concerning what we love, everything that we conceive to affect pleasurably ourselves, or the loved object. Contrariwise, we endeavor to negative everything, which we conceive to affect painfully ourselves or the loved object.
"Prop. XXVIII. We endeavor to bring about whatsoever we concede to conduce to pleasure; but we endeavor to remove or to destroy whatsoever we conceive to be truly repugnant thereto, or to conduce to pain.
"Prop. XXX. If anyone has done something which he conceives as affecting other men pleasurably, he will be affected by pleasure, accompanied by the idea of himself as cause; in other words, he will regard himself with pleasure. On the other hand, if he has done anything which he conceives as affecting others painfully, he will regard himself with pain."
Pp.129- 151, "Origin and Nature of the Emotions," ETHICS, by Benedict de Spinoza ( Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY: 1667, 1989)
Thursday, November 21, 2013
SPINOZA, EXCERPT
"Prop.I. Our mind is in certain cases active, and in certain cases passive. Insofar as it has adequate ideas, it is necessarily active, and insofar as it has inadequate ideas, it is necessarily passive.
"Prop. II. Body cannot determine mind to think, neither can mind determine body to motion or rest or any state different from these, if such there be....
"Prop. XV. Anything can accidentally be the cause of pleasure, pain, or desire.
"Prop. XVIII. A man is as much affected pleasurably or painfully by the image of a thing past or future as by the image of a thing present.
"XXI. He who conceives that the object of his love is affected pleasurably or painfully, will himself be affected pleasurably or painfully; and the one or the other emotion will be greater or less in the lover according as it is greater or less in the thing loved.
"Prop. XXV. We endeavor to affirm, concerning ourselves, and concerning what we love, everything that we conceive to affect pleasurably ourselves, or the loved object. Contrariwise, we endeavor to negative everything, which we conceive to affect painfully ourselves or the loved object.
"Prop. XXVIII. We endeavor to bring about whatsoever we concede to conduce to pleasure; but we endeavor to remove or to destroy whatsoever we conceive to be truly repugnant thereto, or to conduce to pain.
"Prop. XXX. If anyone has done something which he conceives as affecting other men pleasurably, he will be affected by pleasure, accompanied by the idea of himself as cause; in other words, he will regard himself with pleasure. On the other hand, if he has done anything which he conceives as affecting others painfully, he will regard himself with pain."
Pp.129- 151, "Origin and Nature of the Emotions," ETHICS, by Benedict de Spinoza ( Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY: 1667, 1989)
"Prop. XV. Anything can accidentally be the cause of pleasure, pain, or desire.
"Prop. XVIII. A man is as much affected pleasurably or painfully by the image of a thing past or future as by the image of a thing present.
"XXI. He who conceives that the object of his love is affected pleasurably or painfully, will himself be affected pleasurably or painfully; and the one or the other emotion will be greater or less in the lover according as it is greater or less in the thing loved.
"Prop. XXV. We endeavor to affirm, concerning ourselves, and concerning what we love, everything that we conceive to affect pleasurably ourselves, or the loved object. Contrariwise, we endeavor to negative everything, which we conceive to affect painfully ourselves or the loved object.
"Prop. XXVIII. We endeavor to bring about whatsoever we concede to conduce to pleasure; but we endeavor to remove or to destroy whatsoever we conceive to be truly repugnant thereto, or to conduce to pain.
"Prop. XXX. If anyone has done something which he conceives as affecting other men pleasurably, he will be affected by pleasure, accompanied by the idea of himself as cause; in other words, he will regard himself with pleasure. On the other hand, if he has done anything which he conceives as affecting others painfully, he will regard himself with pain."
Pp.129- 151, "Origin and Nature of the Emotions," ETHICS, by Benedict de Spinoza ( Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY: 1667, 1989)