This work claims that humans seek to continue their current mode of life bu
This work claims that humans seek to continue their current mode of life but are fearful when threatened by power. It asserts that humility should be avoided because it leads to sorrow. It argues that time has no beginning or end and that nothing is free except God, who is a sanctuary of ignorance. The fifth section states that freedom is a result of understanding that emotions are governed by the laws of nature. This work also discusses humanity's acquisition of ideas, which its author earlier addressed in "On the Improvement of the Understanding." Each of the five sections of this work seeks to prove that God is infinite and in everything through a geometric sequence of arguments. For 10 points, name this work that promotes its author's pantheism, written by Baruch Spinoza.
This work claims that humans seek to continue their current mode of life but are fearful when threatened by power.
Ethics