The agreeable eye

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True joy and happiness lie in the simple enjoyment of what is good and not in the kind of false pride that enjoys happiness because others are excluded from it. Anyone who thinks that he is happy because his situation is better than other people’s or because he is happier and more fortunate than they, knows nothing of happiness and joy, and the pleasure he derives from his attitude is either plain silly or spiteful or malicious.

—Spinoza (Theological–Political Treatise, trans. Israel & Silverthorne, p. 43 [Ch. III])


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