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(2005) The selected works of Arne Naess, Dordrecht, Springer.
In what follows, a very tentative extension of the foregoing reconstruction is suggested. Love and self-satisfaction (acquiescentia in se ipso) are defined by Spinoza in relation to the "contemplation" of objects. He notes the causes of these emotions: "Love is joy accompanied with the idea of the external cause of the joy" (IIIAff D6); "Self-satisfaction is joy originating from man's contemplation of himself and his power of action [agendi potentia]" (IIIAff D25). When trying to understand the latter notion, it is also profitable to inspect what Spinoza has to say about the opposite, humility (IIIAff D26, IVP53, and IVP53Dem).
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4519-6_38
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Naess, A. (2005)., Self-satisfaction, in A. Naess, The selected works of Arne Naess, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 1343-1349.
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