
“ 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. ”
Baruch Spinoza, Ethics (1677). copy citation
Author | Baruch Spinoza |
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Source | Ethics |
Topic | emotions fortune moderation |
Date | 1677 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by R. H. M. Elwes |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3800/3800-h/3800-h.htm |