1. 9/21/2015 Modern Philosophy PHIL320 1 Spinoza – Ethics Five Charles Manekin

2. 9/21/2015 Modern Philosophy PHIL320 2 Topics of Discussion Controlling Emotions Controlling Emotions Becoming Free via Therapeutic Techniques Becoming Free via Therapeutic Techniques Intellectual Love of God Intellectual Love of God Immortality and Blessedness Immortality and Blessedness

3. 9/21/2015 Modern Philosophy PHIL320 3 Controlling Emotions Denial of “Will Power” and the absolute power of the mind over the emotions, no matter what the conditions of the body or this mind. Denial of “Will Power” and the absolute power of the mind over the emotions, no matter what the conditions of the body or this mind. Swipe at Descartes and the StoicsSwipe at Descartes and the Stoics The minds power over the affects The minds power over the affects Affects are psychophysical dispositionsAffects are psychophysical dispositions Therapies in one realm have indirect influence in another.Therapies in one realm have indirect influence in another.

4. 9/21/2015 Modern Philosophy PHIL320 4 Therapeutic Techniques for Replacing Passive Emotions with Affects following from Reason Separating and Joining Separating and Joining Remove the emotion from the thought of its external cause.Remove the emotion from the thought of its external cause. Forming a clear idea of a passion; by having an adequate idea of our appetite we can convert our unworthy desires to worthy desires. Forming a clear idea of a passion; by having an adequate idea of our appetite we can convert our unworthy desires to worthy desires. Reflecting on determinism. Reflecting on determinism. Either becoming more clinical or understanding that things I hate are determined.Either becoming more clinical or understanding that things I hate are determined. No one pities infant because they are unable to walk.No one pities infant because they are unable to walk. We have a limited power to arrange and associate affections of the body according to the order of the intellect. We have a limited power to arrange and associate affections of the body according to the order of the intellect. Living according to maxims of conduct.Living according to maxims of conduct.

5. 9/21/2015 Modern Philosophy PHIL320 5 Love of God He who clearly and distinctly understands himself and his emotions loves God. He who clearly and distinctly understands himself and his emotions loves God. God, strictly speaking, neither loves nor hates anybody. God, strictly speaking, neither loves nor hates anybody. Nobody can hate God. Nobody can hate God. The intellectual Love of God “We take pleasure in whatever we understand by the third kind of knowledge, and this is accompanied by the idea of God as a cause. The intellectual Love of God “We take pleasure in whatever we understand by the third kind of knowledge, and this is accompanied by the idea of God as a cause.

6. 9/21/2015 Modern Philosophy PHIL320 6 Immortality Distinction between the actual existing body and the essence of the body Distinction between the actual existing body and the essence of the body Distinction between the mind as the idea of the actual existing body and the eternal aspect of the mind. Distinction between the mind as the idea of the actual existing body and the eternal aspect of the mind. That eternal aspect includes “those things that it conceives in understanding.” That eternal aspect includes “those things that it conceives in understanding.” The eyes of the mind, by which it sees and observes things, are the demonstrations themselves – not memoryThe eyes of the mind, by which it sees and observes things, are the demonstrations themselves – not memory