There is human freedom for Spinoza, however, in the sense of freedom from external interference: I am free in producing some effect (that is, in doing something) if that effect follows from my essence alone, or, in other words, if it is the effect of my striving alone.
Because joy and sadness as introduced at IIIp11s are passions, all of the desires arising from them or species of them are passive as well, that is, they are not desires which arise from a person's striving alone but only as a partial cause in combination with other, ultimately external causes.
Mr. Molina's imperious, pontifical Rothko strides the stage with dark command, and the painting assistant played by Mr. Redmayne mostly prods him with questions that lead Rothko into high-toned musings and aphorisms on the meaning of art and the benighted world that cannot recognize greatness, let alone strive for it as giants like Rothko strive.
You could argue that this is part of the deal — maybe Elwood has so plumped and cushioned his life that his superiors no longer notice his slack demeanor and his mumbled delivery, let alone strive to correct them.
The Catholic Church continues to strive -- mostly alone.
In the periods when Tesson is alone, he strives for a life of pure sensation – lying in a hammock, listening to the wind, feeling the snow in his face, watching aerial displays of ducks and geese.
Reed and his newly empowered buddies Sue Storm (Kate Mara, Johnny Storm Michael B Jordan and Ben Grimm Jamie BellBell) do their best to forge a new identity for themselves working either inside or outside a corporate machine that seems determined to exploit them to its own ends, while Victor von Doom (Toby Kebbell) strives to go it alone and maybe even bring down the whole system.
Amateurism bespoke a disdain for any kind of striving for excellence, let alone the salience of winning both of which its purveyors viewed as déclassé and not behooving gentlemanly demeanor and codes of conduct.
We are motivated by a different level of social connectedness that makes us feel less alone in our strive to make meaning of our lives.
Euro area policymakers cannot rely on the European Central Bank alone, but must strive to complete the banking union to move financial stability onto firmer ground.
