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Ethics

Benedictus de Spinoza

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 212 pages

Ethics is a philosophical treatise by Benedict de Spinoza, set out in geometric order through definitions, axioms, and propositions. It examines God or Nature, the mind, the emotions, and human freedom, offering a rational path toward understanding and contentment. Its clear structure rewards attentive listening.

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The Ethics
(Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata)
by
Benedict de Spinoza
Translated from the Latin by R. H. M. Elwes
PART I PART
II
PART
III
PART
IV
PART V
PART I. CONCERNING GOD.
DEFINITIONS.
I. By that which is self—caused, I mean that of which
the essence involves existence, or that of which the

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Contents

  1. The Ethics
  2. (Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata)
  3. Benedict de Spinoza
  4. PART I. CONCERNING GOD.
  5. PART II.
  6. PART III.
  7. PART IV:
  8. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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