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Quotation from Ethics by Baruch Spinoza
“II. Pleasure is the transition of a man from a less to a greater perfection”
Ethics, Part III, Definitions of the Emotions, II, trans. R. H. M. Elwes (1883)
With the definition of pain that follows, this frames emotions as changes in a person's power of acting.
Citation: "II. Pleasure is the transition of a man from a less to a greater perfection" — Baruch Spinoza, Ethics, Part III, Definitions of the Emotions, II, trans. R. H. M. Elwes (1883). (id ethics-q5)
Portrait: Spinoza Ethica, Unknown, Public domain.
