I thought that I was mad but she is, I believe, madder. Crackeder (to be pronounced 'cractor'). Addled. Perhaps I am less mad than I thought. This is some consolation, of which I am in need.
It is Part IV actually and its title is On Human Servitude and on the Strength of the Affects. I've read a page, with an intimation of possible future pleasure and of power, but I read it without conviction. So much for powering ahead with one's reading (Please see the date of my last post).
Perhaps I will bring the Spinoza to Crete next week. Perhaps not.