"P42: Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; nor do we enjoy it because we restrain our lusts; on the contrary, because we enjoy it, we are able to restrain them."
Spinoza's the Ethics demonstrated in geometric order, however cumbersome it appears, goes straight toward a crystal-clear and distinct conclusion on the ultimate question of human life, ‘the method of living rightly’.
His tirelessly meticulous displays of comparisons between two contrary modes of existence plainly ushers us into a simple choice between ‘a life driven by lust and a life driven by divine law’.
Lust, the extrinsic affect contrary to human nature only leads human body to its bondage and destruction, but our true nature seeking our own advantage does willingly abide by the rules of the divine law which is also the very love of God and blessedness, by which human minds are constituted only to be fulfilled to the perfection of human body.
Thus, freed of human bondage of all the evil affects, our mind and body will always own true peace and satisfaction overcoming fear of death to live on eternity.
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