Baruch Spinoza: The greater emotion with which we conceive a loved object to be affected toward us, the greater will be our complacency.

The greater emotion with which we conceive a loved object to be affected toward — Baruch Spinoza

The greater emotion with which we conceive a loved object to be affected toward us, the greater will be our complacency.

Baruch Spinoza

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