This Corollary is related to the foregoing Proposition as the Corollary to IV.lxv.is related to the said IV.

lxv.
Note .-- If these statements be compared with what we have pointed out concerning the strength of the emotions in this Part up to Prop.xviii., we shall readily see the difference between a man, who is led solely by emotion or opinion, and a man, who is led by reason.

The former, whether will or no, performs actions whereof he is utterly ignorant; the latter is his own master and only performs such actions, as he knows are of primary importance in life, and therefore chiefly desires; wherefore I call the former a slave, and the latter a free man, concerning whose disposition and manner of life it will be well to make a few observations.
PROP.LXVII.

A free man thinks of death least of all things; and his wisdom is a meditation not of death but of life.
Proof .-- A free man is one who lives under the guidance of reason, who is not led by fear (IV.

lxiii.), but who directly desires that which is good (IV.lxiii.