A Felicidade como virtude em Benedictus de Spinoza

Abstract

This article aims to address the concept of Happiness according to the Dutch philosopher Benedictus de Spinoza (1632-1677) , for which happiness lies in the knowledge and love of God , what the philosopher calls the intellectual love of God (amor dei intelectuallis). If the philosophical tradition associated this concept to the contemplative life, Spinoza identifies virtue. For the realization of this study, it will be used here to Ethics (1677), the main work of the philosopher. It can be concluded, therefore, that for Spinoza Happiness does not consist in a reward of a virtuous life , for it is virtue itself.