Part V. Of The Power Of The Understanding : * "The Ethics", by Benedict de Spinoza, [1883], PART V: Of The Power Of The Understanding, Or Of Human Freedom PREFACE At length I pass to the remaining portion of my Ethics, which is concerned with the way leading to freedom. I shall therefore treat therein of the power of the reason, showing how...
Part Iv. Of Human Bondage, Or The Strength : * "The Ethics", by Benedict de Spinoza, [1883], PART IV: Of Human Bondage, Or The Strength Of The Emotions PREFACE Human infirmity in moderating and checking the emotions I name bondage: for, when a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune: so much...
Part Iii. On The Origin And Nature Of The Emotions : * "The Ethics", by Benedict de Spinoza, [1883], PART III. ON THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE EMOTIONS Most writers on the emotions and on human conduct seem to be treating rather of matters outside nature than of natural phenomena following nature's general laws. They appear to conceive man to be...
Title Page : * "The Ethics", by Benedict de Spinoza, [1883], The Ethics (Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata) by Benedict de Spinoza Translated from the Latin by R. H. M. Elwes Etext produced by Tom Sharpe. Reformatted.
Part Ii. On The Nature And Origin Of The Mind : * "The Ethics", by Benedict de Spinoza, [1883], PART II. ON THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE MIND PREFACE I now pass on to explaining the results, which must necessarily follow from the essence of God, or of the eternal and infinite being; not, indeed, all of them (for we proved in Part i., Prop. xvi...
Notes : * "The Ethics", by Benedict de Spinoza, [1883], NOTES 1 "Affectiones" 2 "Forma" 3 "Animata" 4 A Baconian phrase. Nov. Org. Aph. 100. [Pollock, p. 126, n.] 5 Conscienti morsus--thus rendered by Mr. Pollock. 6 By "men" in this and the following propositions, I mean men whom we regard without any...
Part I. Concerning God : * "The Ethics", by Benedict de Spinoza, [1883], 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 nature is only conceivable as existent. II. A thing is called finite after its kind, when it can be...