Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV

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philosophical work section

Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV is the section of Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece that examines human bondage to the passions and outlines the path toward rational virtue and freedom.

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instanceOf	philosophical work section ⓘ
aimsAt	outlining the path to human freedom ⓘ showing how reason can moderate the passions ⓘ
alternativeTitle	Ethics, Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions ⓘ
arguesThat	a free person is led by reason rather than by passions ⓘ human beings are naturally subject to passions ⓘ understanding our affects increases our power over them ⓘ virtue consists in living according to the guidance of reason ⓘ
author	Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
centralConcept	bondage as domination by passive affects ⓘ conatus ⓘ freedom as understanding necessity ⓘ virtue as power of acting ⓘ
contains	axioms ⓘ corollaries ⓘ definitions ⓘ propositions ⓘ scholia ⓘ
defines	evil as what hinders our power of acting ⓘ good as what is useful to our nature ⓘ
discusses	rational self-preservation ⓘ social relations based on reason ⓘ the ideal of the free person ⓘ
examines	human servitude to affects ⓘ power of the emotions ⓘ
follows	Spinoza, Ethics, Part III ⓘ
hasGenre	ethics literature ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
influenced	contemporary moral psychology ⓘ existentialist interpretations of freedom ⓘ modern ethics ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
mainTopic	ethics ⓘ freedom ⓘ human bondage to the passions ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ rational virtue ⓘ
method	geometrical method ⓘ
originalTitle	Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus ⓘ surface form: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus Part IV of Ethics ⓘ surface form: Ethica, Pars IV
partOf	Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spinoza, Ethics
philosophicalTradition	Early modern philosophy ⓘ Rationalism ⓘ
positionInWork	fourth part ⓘ
precedes	Spinoza, Ethics, Part V ⓘ
publicationYear	1677 ⓘ
title	Part IV of Ethics ⓘ surface form: Ethics, Part IV
workForm	treatise ⓘ

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