Ethics
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Ethics is Baruch Spinoza’s seminal philosophical treatise that systematically presents his metaphysical, ethical, and theological views in a geometric, axiomatic style.
Aliases (1)
- Ethics (Spinoza) ×48
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical treatise → |
| author |
Baruch Spinoza
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| centralDoctrine |
God or Nature (Deus sive Natura)
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conatus theory of striving → intellectual love of God → naturalistic ethics → necessitarianism → substance monism → |
| completionDateApproximate |
early 1670s
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| contains |
axioms
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corollaries → definitions → demonstrations → propositions → scholia → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Dutch Republic
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| dateOfFirstPublication |
1677
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| genre |
philosophy
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| hasPart |
Part I: Of God
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Part II: Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind → Part III: Of the Origin and Nature of the Affects → Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects → Part V: Of the Power of the Intellect, or of Human Liberty → |
| includedIn |
Opera Posthuma
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| influenced |
20th-century continental philosophy
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Friedrich Nietzsche → G. W. F. Hegel → German Idealism → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → political philosophy → |
| languageOfWork |
Latin
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| mainSubject |
epistemology
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ethics → metaphysics → theology → |
| notableFor |
integration of metaphysics and ethics
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rigorous geometric presentation → systematic presentation of Spinoza’s philosophy → |
| originalTitle |
Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata
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| philosophicalSchool |
rationalism
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| philosophicalTradition |
early modern philosophy
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| publicationStatus |
posthumous
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| publisherOfFirstEdition |
Opera Posthuma editors
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| relatedWork |
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
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| structureStyle |
axiomatic system
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geometric method → |
| writtenInPeriod |
17th century
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