Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
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Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
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| instanceOf |
early modern philosophy text
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philosophical work → unfinished work → |
| aimsTo |
provide a method for attaining certain knowledge
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show how the mind can be perfected → |
| author |
Baruch Spinoza
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| centralConcept |
adequate idea
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clear and distinct perception → order and connection of ideas → true good → |
| completionStatus |
incomplete
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| concerns |
criteria of truth
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types of knowledge → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Dutch Republic
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| describes |
different kinds of cognition
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| focusesOn |
distinction between true and false ideas
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method of acquiring adequate ideas → nature of the highest good → order of knowing → |
| genre |
epistemology
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philosophy → rationalist philosophy → |
| influenced |
modern epistemology
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rationalist traditions → |
| influencedBy |
René Descartes
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medieval scholasticism → |
| language |
Latin
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| mainTheme |
adequate ideas
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attainment of true knowledge → clear and distinct ideas → intellectual perfection → method for improving the intellect → |
| originalLanguage |
Latin
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| originalTitle |
Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione
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| periodOfComposition |
17th century
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| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology
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methodology → |
| philosophicalGoal |
achieving intellectual and spiritual happiness
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overcoming confusion and error in thinking → |
| philosophicalTradition |
rationalism
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| relatedWork |
Ethics (Spinoza)
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Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being → |
| seeks |
the highest form of knowledge
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union of the mind with the whole of nature → |
| status |
unfinished
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| title |
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
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| writtenBy |
Baruch Spinoza
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Opera Posthuma
("Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione")
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Baruch Spinoza
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Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
("Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione")
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Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
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