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Think Least of Death: Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die Steven Nadler Socrates says in Plato’s Gorgias that there’s nothing more serious than “the question [of] how we ought to live.” We may aspire to live a good and happy life—but what does such a life consist in? Good in what way? And happy how? We may aspire to live a good and happy life, but does Spinoza’s love of God remain a viable path to it? For a pious Jew or Christian, perhaps, the answer seems simple: a life in line ...