On the Improvement of Understanding
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Mind & Body
| Author: | Benedict de Spinoza | ISBN: | 9781633841055 |
| Publisher: | Wilder Publications, Inc. | Publication: | July 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | A&D Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Benedict de Spinoza |
| ISBN: | 9781633841055 |
| Publisher: | Wilder Publications, Inc. |
| Publication: | July 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | A&D Books |
| Language: | English |
After experience had taught me that all the usual surroundings of social life are vain and futile; seeing that none of the objects of my fears contained in themselves anything either good or bad, except in so far as the mind is affected by them, I finally resolved to inquire whether there might be some real good having power to communicate itself, which would affect the mind singly, to the exclusion of all else: whether, in fact, there might be anything of which the discovery and attainment would enable me to enjoy continuous, supreme, and unending happiness.
After experience had taught me that all the usual surroundings of social life are vain and futile; seeing that none of the objects of my fears contained in themselves anything either good or bad, except in so far as the mind is affected by them, I finally resolved to inquire whether there might be some real good having power to communicate itself, which would affect the mind singly, to the exclusion of all else: whether, in fact, there might be anything of which the discovery and attainment would enable me to enjoy continuous, supreme, and unending happiness.
