Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects
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"Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects" is a section of Spinoza’s *Ethics* that analyzes how human emotions can enslave us and explores the path toward greater rational freedom.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
part of a book
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section of a philosophical work ⓘ |
| aimsToShow |
how adequate ideas increase human freedom
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how inadequate ideas lead to emotional bondage ⓘ |
| analyzes | the power of the affects over human behavior ⓘ |
| author |
Baruch Spinoza
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Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
surface form:
Benedict de Spinoza
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| centralConcept |
active affects
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human impotence in moderating and restraining the affects ⓘ passive affects ⓘ power of reason ⓘ servitus humana ⓘ |
| contains |
corollaries
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demonstrations ⓘ propositions ⓘ scholia ⓘ |
| describes | how human emotions can enslave us ⓘ |
| explores | the path toward greater rational freedom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
moral philosophy
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philosophical psychology ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| follows | Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects ⓘ |
| influenced |
later theories of emotion
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modern discussions of freedom and determinism ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
affects
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ethics ⓘ freedom ⓘ human bondage ⓘ human emotions ⓘ rationality ⓘ |
| method | geometrical order ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus ⓘ |
| partOf | Ethics ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
early modern philosophy
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rationalism ⓘ |
| positionInWork | Part IV of Ethics ⓘ |
| precedes | Part V: Of the Power of the Intellect, or of Human Freedom ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order
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surface form:
Ethics, Part I: Of God
Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order ⓘ
surface form:
Ethics, Part II: Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind
Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects ⓘ Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order ⓘ
surface form:
Ethics, Part V: Of the Power of the Intellect, or of Human Freedom
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| workLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
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