This philosopher claimed that human emotions are governed by the same rules as natural occurrences, and that people must strive to become independent of their passions.
This philosopher claimed that human emotions are governed by the same rules as natural occurrences, and that people must strive to become independent of their passions. "On Human Bondage" is part of a larger work in which he equated Nature with God, which is the only substance. He described modes that are "in" God, leading to the assertion that God is infinite, in a work named after the discipline that studies right conduct. For 10 points, name this rationalist philosopher and author of Ethics who was the subject of a cherem that banned him from the Jewish community.
This philosopher claimed that human emotions are governed by the same rules as natural occurrences, and that people must strive to become independent of their passions.
Baruch Spinoza 