Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being
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Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being is an early philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that presents his views on God, human nature, and the path to happiness in a more accessible, dialogical form than his later Ethics.
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| instanceOf |
book
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early work → philosophical work → |
| aimsTo |
explain route to human blessedness
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present Spinoza’s views in accessible form → |
| author |
Baruch Spinoza
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| authorNationality |
Dutch
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| authorPhilosophicalSchool |
Spinozism
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| concerns |
freedom
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human emotions → knowledge of God → morality → |
| dealsWith |
human body
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human mind → nature of God → path to happiness → path to human well-being → relationship between God and nature → |
| genre |
moral philosophy
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philosophical theology → |
| hasForm |
dialogical form
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| historicalContext |
17th-century philosophy
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| influencedBy |
Cartesian philosophy
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Jewish philosophical tradition → |
| language |
Dutch
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| mainSubject |
God
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ethics → happiness → human nature → metaphysics → theology → |
| originalTitleLanguage |
Dutch
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| philosophicalPosition |
determinism
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identification of God with nature → intellectual love of God → |
| philosophicalTradition |
early modern philosophy
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rationalism → |
| relatedWork |
Ethics
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| structureFeature |
dialogues
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propositions and explanations → |
| styleComparedToEthics |
less geometrical
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more accessible → |
| titleVariant |
Short Treatise
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Short Treatise on God, Man and His Happiness → |
| workPeriod |
early work of Baruch Spinoza
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Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
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Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being
("Short Treatise on God, Man and His Happiness")
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