Spinoza’s Ethics 2.0

4D2

Definitio

Per malum autem id quod certo scimus impedire quominus boni alicujus simus compotes.

De his præcedentem vide præfationem sub finem.

Bepaling

Maar by quaat dit, 't welk wy zekerlijk weten hinderlijk te wezen, om 't goede machtig te worden. Bezie van deze beide de voorgaande Voorreeden, naar 't einde.

Definition

By evil I mean that which we certainly know to be a hindrance to us in the attainment of any good.

(Concerning these terms see the foregoing preface towards the end.)

Ancestors of Definition

No explicitly cited ancestors.

Descendants of Definition