Material Causality and Empowerment

As has been previously discussed, Freeing Will is an instance of Material Causality, two notable examples of which are Kant's Categorical Imperative and Nietzsche's Affirmation of Eternal Recurrence.  A third, less concisely formulated, but clearly expressed, is the final two stages of Spinoza's Ethics, consisting in a transition from "Bondage" to "Freedom".  The cause of this transition is objective Knowledge of the Emotions, one variety of which, Intuition, is relatively obscure, but the role of the other, Reason, anticipates contemporary Psychotherapeutic techniques.  Now, Spinoza equates gaining such Knowledge with gaining Power over one's conduct.  Hence, Material Causality in all three cases effects Empowerment, a process that is otherwise difficult to recognize in the absence of that concept, as is the function of a Philosopher as other than reinforcing Theology, consoling, or analyzing language.