PROP. I. Substance is by nature prior to its modifications. Proof.-This is clear from Deff. iii. and v.
The Ethics, Part III by Benedict de SpinozaOn the Origin and Nature of the Emotions
Most writers on the emotions and on human conduct seem to be treating rather of matters outside nature than of natural phenomena following nature’s general laws.
The Ethics, Part II by Benedict de SpinozaOn the Nature and Origin of the Mind
I now pass on to explaining the results, which must necessarily follow from the essence of God, or of the eternal and infinite being; not, indeed, all of them (for we proved in Part i., Prop. xvi., that an infinite number must follow in an infinite number of ways), but only those which are able to lead us, as it were by the hand, to the knowledge of the human mind and its highest blessedness.
The Ethics, Part I by Benedict de SpinozaConcerning God
It therefore follows that, if a given number of individual things exist in nature, there must be some cause for the existence of exactly that number, neither more nor less.
The Ethics, Part V by Benedict de SpinozaOf the Power of the Understanding, or of Human Freedom
At length I pass to the remaining portion of my Ethics, which is concerned with the way leading to freedom. I shall therefore treat therein of the power of the reason, showing how far the reason can control the emotions, and what is the nature of Mental Freedom or Blessedness; we shall then be able to see, how much more powerful the wise man is than the ignorant.
A Theologico-Political Treatise [Part 4] by Benedict de Spinoza
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The Ethics, Part IV by Benedict de SpinozaOf Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions
Human infirmity in moderating and checking the emotions I name bondage: for, when a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune: so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.
