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Single Idea 17217

[from 'The Ethics' by Baruch de Spinoza, in 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love ]

Full Idea

Love is joy with the accompanying idea of an external cause

Gist of Idea

Love is joy with an external cause

Source

Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], IV Pr 44)

Book Reference

Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Ethics', ed/tr. White,WH/Stirling,AH [Wordsworth 2001], p.195


A Reaction

This doesn't seem to quite capture the pain that some people find in love.