Do not weep. Do not wax indignant. Understand. - Benedictus de Spinoza

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Do not weep. Do not wax indignant. Understand.

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About Benedictus de Spinoza

Benedictus de Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677) was a social and metaphysical philosopher known for the elaborate development of his monist philosophy, which has become known as Spinozism. Controversy regarding his ideas led to his excommunication from the Jewish community of his native Amsterdam. He was named Baruch ("blessed" in Hebrew) Spinoza by his synagogue elders and known as Bento de Spinoza or Bento d'Espiñoza, but afterwards used the name Benedictus ("blessed" in Latin) de Spinoza.

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Native Name: בָּרוּךְ שְׂפִּינוֹזָה Benedito de Espinosa
Alternative Names: Benedict de Spinoza Baruch de Espinosa Barukh Shpinozah Benoît de Spinoza Sbīnūzā Ispīnūzā Barukh Spinoza Bento de Espinosa Baruch d' Espinoza Shpinozah Baruch de Spinoza Spinoza Benoit de Spinoza Benedictus De Spinoza Benedictus Spinoza Baruch Spinoza Baruch Benedictus de Spinoza
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I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate human actions, but to understand them; and, to this end, I have looked upon passions, such as love, hatred, anger, envy, ambition, pity, and the other perturbations of the mind, not in the light of vices of human nature, but as properties, just as pertinent to it, as are heat, cold, storm, thunder, and the like to the nature of the atmosphere, which phenomena, though inconvenient, are yet necessary, and have fixed causes, by means of which we endeavour to understand their nature, and the mind has just as much pleasure in viewing them aright, as in knowing such things as flatter the senses

Concluí, assim, tudo o que desejava apresentar sobre o poder da mente sobre as emoções e a liberdade da mente. Daí resulta quão potente é o homem sábio e quanto ele supera o homem ignorante que é movido apenas por seus desejos e paixões.
Pois o homem ignorante não é apenas distraído de várias maneiras por causas externas sem nunca obter a verdadeira aquiescência de seu espírito, mas sobretudo vive, por assim dizer, inconscientes de si mesmo e de Deus e das coisas, e assim que cessa de sofrer, cessa também de ser:
Enquanto que o homem sábio, na medida em que é considerado como tal, dificilmente é perturbado no espírito, mas, sendo consciente de si mesmo e de Deus e das coisas, por uma certa necessidade eterna, nunca deixa de ser, mas sempre possui a verdadeira aquiescência de seu espírito.
Se o resultado que indico parece excessivamente difícil, pode, no entanto, ser descoberto. Meditações devem ser difíceis, visto que raramente são encontradas. Como seria possível, se a salvação estivesse disponível em nossas mãos, e pudesse ser encontrada sem grande esforço, que fosse negligenciada por quase todos os homens? Mas todas as coisas excelentes são tão difíceis quanto raras.

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Spinoza, too, whom I was reading under Royce himself, filled me with joy and enthusiasm: I gathered at once from him a doctrine which has remained axiomatic with me ever since, namely that good and evil are relative to the natures of animals, irreversible in that relation, but indifferent to the march of cosmic events, since the force of the universe infinitely exceeds the force of any of its parts.

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