Baruch Spinoza Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

After experience had taught me that all the usual surroundings of social life are vain and futile; seeing that none of the objects of my fears contained in themselves anything either good or bad, except in so far as the mind is affected by them, I finally resolved to inquire whether there might be some real good having power to communicate itself, which would affect the mind singly, to the exclusion of all else: whether, in fact, there might be anything of which the discovery and attainment would enable me to enjoy continuous, supreme, and unending happiness.

"After experience had taught me that all the usual surroundings of social life are vain and futile; seeing that none of the objects of my fears contained in themselves anything either good or bad, except in so far as the mind is affected by them, I finally resolved to inquire whether there might be some real good having power to communicate itself, which would affect the mind singly, to the exclusion of all else: whether, in fact, there might be anything of which the discovery and attainment would enable me to enjoy continuous, supreme, and unending happiness."

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Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) war ein niederländischer Philosoph, der vor allem durch seine religionskritischen Ansichten Bekanntheit erlangte. In seinem Hauptwerk 'Die Ethik' betrachtet er die Philosophie völlig losgelöst von der Religion, wodurch er sich den Unmut der Theologen zuzog, die ihn als Atheisten bezeichneten. 'Der freie Mensch handelt niemals arglistig, sondern stets aufrichtig.' (Baruch de Spinoza)