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Quotation from Ethics by Baruch Spinoza

“PROP. XLII. Mirth cannot be excessive, but is always good; contrariwise, Melancholy is always bad”

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics, Part IV, Prop. XLII, trans. R. H. M. Elwes (1883)

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Spinoza defines melancholy as a pain affecting the whole body that diminishes its power of activity.

Citation: "PROP. XLII. Mirth cannot be excessive, but is always good; contrariwise, Melancholy is always bad" — Baruch Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV, Prop. XLII, trans. R. H. M. Elwes (1883). (id ethics-q8)

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