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.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| author | Baruch Spinoza ⓘ |
| centralDoctrine |
Deus sive Natura
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surface form:
God or Nature (Deus sive Natura)
conatus theory of striving ⓘ intellectual love of God ⓘ naturalistic ethics ⓘ necessitarianism ⓘ substance monism ⓘ |
| completionDateApproximate | early 1670s ⓘ |
| contains |
axioms
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corollaries ⓘ definitions ⓘ demonstrations ⓘ propositions ⓘ scholia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstPublication | 1677 ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century continental philosophy
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Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ German idealism ⓘ
surface form:
German Idealism
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Latin ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | rationalism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Opera Posthuma editors ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Tractatus Theologico-Politicus ⓘ |
| structureStyle |
axiomatic system
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geometric method ⓘ |
| writtenInPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
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ethics