Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata

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book philosophical work treatise

Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata is Baruch Spinoza’s major philosophical work, a systematic treatise that presents his metaphysics, ethics, and theory of mind in a rigorous, geometrical style.

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Label	Occurrences
Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata canonical	5
Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata, Pars I	2

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T444405 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata
Context triple: [Ethics (Spinoza), originalTitle, Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata]

A. Principles of Philosophy
Principles of Philosophy is a 1644 work by René Descartes that systematically presents his metaphysical and scientific views, aiming to provide a comprehensive foundation for natural philosophy.
B. Principles of Cartesian Philosophy
Principles of Cartesian Philosophy is Baruch Spinoza’s early systematic exposition and critique of René Descartes’ philosophy, presented in a geometric, axiomatic style that anticipates his later work.
C. Deus sive Natura
Deus sive Natura is Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical conception of God as identical with the single, all-encompassing substance of nature and reality.
D. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is Galileo Galilei’s influential 1632 work that presents and defends the Copernican heliocentric model through a comparative dialogue of astronomical theories.
E. Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata
Target entity description: Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata is Baruch Spinoza’s major philosophical work, a systematic treatise that presents his metaphysics, ethics, and theory of mind in a rigorous, geometrical style.

A. Principles of Philosophy
Principles of Philosophy is a 1644 work by René Descartes that systematically presents his metaphysical and scientific views, aiming to provide a comprehensive foundation for natural philosophy.
B. Principles of Cartesian Philosophy
Principles of Cartesian Philosophy is Baruch Spinoza’s early systematic exposition and critique of René Descartes’ philosophy, presented in a geometric, axiomatic style that anticipates his later work.
C. Deus sive Natura
Deus sive Natura is Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical conception of God as identical with the single, all-encompassing substance of nature and reality.
D. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is Galileo Galilei’s influential 1632 work that presents and defends the Copernican heliocentric model through a comparative dialogue of astronomical theories.
E. Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ treatise ⓘ
author	Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
bannedBy	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
centralConcept	Deus sive Natura ⓘ surface form: God or Nature (Deus sive Natura) adequate ideas ⓘ conatus ⓘ intellectual love of God ⓘ necessitarianism ⓘ substance monism ⓘ
contains	axioms ⓘ corollaries ⓘ definitions ⓘ demonstrations ⓘ postulates ⓘ propositions ⓘ scholia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Dutch Republic ⓘ
firstPrintedIn	Opera Posthuma ⓘ
genre	ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ rationalist philosophy ⓘ
hasPart	Part I: Of God ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: Part V: Of the Power of the Intellect, or of Human Freedom
influenced	20th-century analytic philosophy ⓘ Albert Einstein ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ German idealism ⓘ surface form: German Idealism continental philosophy ⓘ
inspiredBy	Euclid's Elements ⓘ surface form: Euclidean geometry
listedIn	Index of Forbidden Books ⓘ surface form: Index Librorum Prohibitorum
method	geometrical method ⓘ
originalLanguage	Latin ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	rationalism ⓘ
publicationYear	1677 ⓘ
publishedPosthumously	true ⓘ
structure	five parts ⓘ
title	Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata self-link ⓘ Ethics ⓘ
topic	determinism ⓘ epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ freedom ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ psychology of the affects ⓘ theory of mind ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethics → originalTitle → Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata ⓘ

subject surface form: Ethics (Spinoza)

Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata → title → Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata self-link ⓘ

Opera Posthuma → containsWork → Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata ⓘ

Spinoza, Ethics, Part I → originalTitle → Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata, Pars I

Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order → hasOriginalTitle → Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata ⓘ

Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus → locatedInWork → Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata ⓘ

Ethics, Part I → hasFullLatinTitle → Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata ⓘ