Blessedness – love toward Deus sive Natura see Ethics – Part V. (Page 13)
Deus sive Natura – God or Nature see Woodbridge - search for “Deus”
Divine love – increased knowledge of Deus sive Natura; see Blessedness Ethics – Part V. (Page 13)
Geometric form – see Woodbridge - search for “geometric”
Happiness – see On the Improvement of the Understanding (Page 5)
Human bondage – see Woodbridge - search for “bondage”
Intellectual love of God –
Life of freedom – see Woodbridge - search for “freedom”
Mental anxiety – a human mental condition of anxious anticipation of unseen and/or unwanted circumstances, its opposite is peace of mind, which Spinoza seeks see Woodbridge - search for “mental”
Natura – (Latin) not the nature of flowers, birds and bees but Nature as all that exists; the "essence" of the world, that which makes the world what it is. [A major point in Spinoza's philosophy is that Nature is right before us and it is comprehensible. A union is possible between "the mind and the whole of Nature." All phenomena are open to reasoned inquiry.]
Natura Naturans – (Latin) nature becoming, the processes of existence - like evolution
Natura Naturata – (Latin) nature begotten, the products (things) of the universe
Order and connection – see Woodbridge - search for “order and”
To preserve our being – extend our lives - see On the Improvement of the Understanding (Page 4)
Slavery to the emotions – see Woodbridge - search for “slavery”
Sub specie aeternatatus – In the light of eternity or Under the aspect of eternity
Union of the mind with the whole of Nature - Spinoza's chief good - see Woodbridge “ - search for “union”; see On the Improvement of the Understanding (Page 7)