Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects

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"Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects" is the section of Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece in which he systematically analyzes human emotions as natural, necessary outcomes of our striving for self-preservation and our interactions with external causes.

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instanceOf philosophical work section
treatise on emotions
aim to provide a geometrical analysis of the affects
author Baruch Spinoza
centralClaim emotions arise from our striving for self-preservation
emotions depend on our interactions with external causes
human affects are natural and necessary outcomes of conatus
follows Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ethics, Part II: Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind
mainTopic active affects
ambition
conatus
cruelty
desire
envy
fear
glory
gratitude
hate
hope
human affects
humility
indignation
joy
love
nature of emotions
origin of emotions
partiality
passive affects
pride
repentance
sadness
self-preservation
shame
partOf Ethics
philosophicalConceptUsed adequate ideas
causal necessity
inadequate ideas
philosophicalSchool rationalism
philosophicalTradition early modern philosophy
precedes Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ethics, Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Power of the Affects
structure axioms
corollaries
definitions
demonstrations
propositions
scholia
workContainedIn Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order
writtenInLanguage Latin

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Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects relatedWork Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects
Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects follows Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ethics, Part II: Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind
Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects precedes Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ethics, Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Power of the Affects
Spinoza, Ethics, Part III alternativeName Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects