dear lestrade i think you're point is really fundamental for a better understanding of the ethics and you have just pulled a card i did not know you had and which i don't have you know latin wow i still owed you a thorough study of the passages in english as we discussed above and i haven't finished my work on that yet but now it is going to take me even longer since i am going to download the latin text as you indicate and my final response will only come to you here once i have finished restudying the whole issue in latin i just wrote below today that the studying of spinoza's ethics in latin is not something i believe i'll be able to accomplish in this incarnation but who knows maybe with your guidance and help i will be able to make good progress on this task in the years to come thank you very much again for sharing your knowledge with me here talk