We see men sometimes so affected by one object, that although it is not present, they believe it to be before them; and if this happens to a man who is not asleep, we say that he is delirious or mad. Nor are those believed to be less mad who are inflamed... Spinoza and the Rise of Liberalism - Page 209by Lewis Samuel Feuer - 1987 - 323 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Benedictus de Spinoza - Ethics - 1883 - 348 pages
...be before them; and if this happens to a man who is not asleep, we say that he is delirious or mad. Nor are those believed to be less mad who are inflamed...worthy of hatred, are not believed to be mad. In truth, however, avarice, ambition, lust, &c., are a kind of madness, although they are not reckoned amongst... | |
| Benedictus de Spinoza - Ethics - 1883 - 432 pages
...not asleep, we say that he is delirious or mad. Nor are those believed to be less mad who are innamed by love, dreaming about nothing but a mistress or...of nothing but glory, inasmuch as they do harm, and arc, therefore, thought worthy of hatred, are not believed to be mad. In truth, however, avarice, ambition,... | |
| Baruch Spinoza - Ethics - 1894 - 434 pages
...be before them; and if this happens to a man who is not asleep, we say that he is delirious or mad. Nor are those believed to be less mad who are inflamed by love, dreaming about nothing but a mistress ot harlot day and night, for they excite our laughter. But the avaricious man who thinks of nothing... | |
| Erich Fromm - Philosophy - 1990 - 278 pages
...be before them; and if this happens to a man who is not asleep, we say that he is delirious or mad. Nor are those believed to be less mad who are inflamed...worthy of hatred, are not believed to be mad. In truth, however, avarice, ambition, lust, etc., arc a kind of madness, although they are not reckoned amongst... | |
| Benedictus de Spinoza - Fiction - 2001 - 394 pages
...be before them; and if this happens to a man who is not asleep, we say that he is delirious or mad. Nor are those believed to be less mad who are inflamed...laughter. But the avaricious man who thinks of nothing eke but gain or money, and the ambitious man who thinks of nothing but glory, inasmuch as they do harm,... | |
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