,” said he at last to himself⁠—“A sadness accompanied by the recollection of a past event which has turned out contrary to all expectation” ( Eth. III , Propos. XVIII , Schol. I , II ). Evildoers have throughout thousands of years felt when overtaken by punishment exactly like Spinoza , on the subject of their “offence”: “here is something which went wrong contrary to my anticipation,” not