{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Florida Philosophical Review","provider_url":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/fpr","author_name":"Jesslyn Parrish","author_url":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/fpr\/author\/je000450\/","title":"Spinoza on God, Affects, and the Nature of Sorrow - Florida Philosophical Review","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KvJDjjKiRn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/fpr\/article\/spinoza-on-god-affects-and-the-nature-of-sorrow\/\">Spinoza on God, Affects, and the Nature of Sorrow<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/fpr\/article\/spinoza-on-god-affects-and-the-nature-of-sorrow\/embed\/#?secret=KvJDjjKiRn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Spinoza on God, Affects, and the Nature of Sorrow&#8221; &#8212; Florida Philosophical Review\" data-secret=\"KvJDjjKiRn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/fpr\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Rocco A. Astore, The New School for Social Research I. Introduction Throughout the history of philosophy, many theorists have attempted to explain the meaning and cause of people\u2019s sorrows. One philosopher, Spinoza, claimed that everything ultimately follows from God and that sadness is a person\u2019s passage from a greater degree of perfection to a lesser [&hellip;]"}