Pleasure, Satiation, Stimulation, Serenity

Not often clearly distinguished by Philosophers or others is three kinds of Pleasure--Satiation, Stimulation, and Serenity.  Satiation is sensory, and ephemeral. Stimulation is volitional, and transitional.  Serenity is mental, and continuous. The distinction between Satiation and Serenity is one of the bases of many Philosophical projects, the prototype of which is Stoicism.  Stoicism seeks detachment from both Pain and Pleasure, a detachment that consists not in Apathy, but in Serenity.  Likewise, the standard Philosophical subordination of Corporeality to Incorporeality is rooted in the Pain vs. Serenity contrast, i. e. what is usually presented as Ontological, Epistemological, or Theological Dualism, is an expression of Psychological Dualism.  So, the concept of Pleasure in Spinoza's doctrine, in which its immanent, creative, deity has parallel corporeal and incorporeal attributes, is that of Stimulation, even when instantiated in a Mode. In contrast, in Kant's system, there seems to be no concept of Stimulation, while Aesthetic Pleasure is Serenity, and incorporeal Reason requires the thesis that an incorporeal deity recompense Satiation that has been foresworn in the restraint from seeking it at the expense of the Satiation of others. Accordingly, his charge that Spinoza's concept of Pleasure is deficient in a Satiation that only an incorporeal deity can deliver is uncharacteristically misguided in several respects.