The title "Of Human Bondage" comes from Part IV of Spinoza's Ethics: "Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions." Spinoza begins his preface to Part IV this way: "Human infirmity in moderating and checking the emotions I call bondage: for, when a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lives at the mercy of fortune: so ( Read more... )

The Razor's Edge, by W. Somerset Maugham
Doubleday & Co., 1944

( Regarding Larry: The Razor’s Edge, by W. Somerset Maugham )