What did a great and wise man such as Spinoza think of human suffering? There are many complexities in the philosophy of Spinoza which can make understanding this question difficult at times, and I am sure after this video more reading will be necessary to clarify it further. We must remember that Spinoza is not a philosopher who can simply be read, he must be studied. Below are the sources I have used to aid in my creation of this video, if you found it interesting then I recommend you read through this commentary, thank you for joining me once again in uncovering (in my opinion) the greatest of modern philosophers!

Music: Aakash Gandhi – Shattered Paths

Sources:
• The Philosophy of Spinoza – The Modern Library (Introduction by Joseph Ratner)
• https://iep.utm.edu/spinoza/
• The Story of Philosophy – Will Durant

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Spinoza | Why We Suffer and What We Can Do About It
01:19 Why we suffer
02:17 Adequate vs Inadequate Ideas
03:39 The Conatus Principle
04:26 The Life of Bondage
05:37 What we can do about it
06:18 The Method
07:37 Under the guidance of reason
08:46 The Greatest Good
09:54 A goal worth striving for