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Ethics

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  1. 1-01-Part 1, Definitions and Axioms

    5:22

  2. 1-02-Part 1, Propositions 1 to 5

    4:03

  3. 1-03-Part I, Propositions 6 to 10

    12:37

  4. 1-04-Part I, Propositions 11 to 15

    23:12

  5. 1-05-Part I, Propositions 16 to 20

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  6. 1-06-Part I, Propositions 21 to 25

    11:45

  7. 1-07-Part I, Propositions 26 to 30

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  8. 1-08-Part I, Propositions 31 to 36

    18:59

  9. 1-09-Part I, Appendix

    21:32

  10. 2-01-Part II, Definitions and Axioms

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  11. 2-02-Part II, Propositions 1 to 5

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  12. 2-03-Part II, Propositions 6 to 10

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  13. 2-04-Part II, Propositions 11 to 15

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  14. 2-05-Part II, Propositions 16 to 20

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  15. 2-06-Part II, Propositions 21 to 25

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  16. 2-07-Part II, Propositions 26 to 30

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  17. 2-08-Part II, Propositions 31 to 35

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  18. 2-09-Part II, Propositions 36 to 40

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  19. 2-10-Part II, Propositions 41 to 45

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  20. 2-11-Part II, Propositions 46 to 49

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  21. 3-01-Part III, Definitions and Postulates

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  22. 3-02-Part III, Propositions 1 to 5

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  23. 3-03-Part III, Propositions 6 to 10

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  24. 3-04-Part III, Propositions 11 to 15

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  25. 3-05-Part III, Propositions 16 to 20

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  26. 3-06-Part III, Propositions 21 to 25

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  27. 3-07-Part III, Propositions 26 to 30

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  28. 3-08-Part III, Propositions 31 to 35

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  29. 3-09-Part III, Propositions 36 to 40

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  30. 3-10-Part III, Propositions 41 to 45

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  31. 3-11-Part III, Propositions 46 to 50

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  32. 3-12-Part III, Propositions 51 to 55

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  33. 3-13-Part III, Propositions 56 to 59

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  34. 3-14-Part III, Definitions of the Emotions

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  35. 3-15-Part III, Definitions of the Emotions (continued)

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  36. 4-01-Part IV, Preface, Definitions and Axiom

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  37. 4-02-Part IV, Propositions 1 to 5

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  38. 4-03-Part IV, Propositions 6 to 10

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  39. 4-04-Part IV, Propositions 11 to 15

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  40. 4-05-Part IV, Propositions 16 to 20

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  41. 4-06-Part IV, Propositions 21 to 25

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  42. 4-07-Part IV, Propositions 26 to 30

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  43. 4-08-Part IV, Propositions 31 to 35

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  44. 4-09-Part IV, Propositions 36 to 40

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  45. 4-10-Part IV, Propositions 41 to 45

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  46. 4-11-Part IV, Propositions 46 to 50

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  47. 4-12-Part IV, Propositions 51 to 55

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  48. 4-13-Part IV, Propositions 56 to 60

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  49. 4-14-Part IV, Propositions 61 to 65

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  50. 4-15-Part IV, Propositions 66 to 70

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  51. 4-16-Part IV, Propositions 71 to 73

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  52. 4-17-Part IV, Appendix

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  53. 5-01-Part V, Preface and Axioms

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  54. 5-02-Part V, Propositions 1 to 5

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  55. 5-03-Part V, Propositions 6 to 10

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  56. 5-04-Part V, Propositions 11 to 15

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  57. 5-05-Part V, Propositions 16 to 20

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  58. 5-06-Part V, Propositions 21 to 25

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  59. 5-07-Part V, Propositions 26 to 30

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  60. 5-08-Part V, Propositions 31 to 35

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  61. 5-09-Part V, Propositions 36 to 40

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  62. 5-10-Part V, Propositions 41 to 42

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Spinoza wrote philosophy the way Euclid wrote geometry: definitions, axioms, propositions, proofs, each one leaning on the last. What comes out of that austere machinery is startling. There is only one substance, God or Nature, and everything else, minds and bodies and stones alike, is a mode of it. Nothing could have been otherwise. Free will is a story we tell ourselves because we notice our desires but not their causes. The later books treat human emotion with the same cool method, promising freedom not through escape but through understanding what holds us. Friends published the book months after his death in 1677, and the Dutch authorities banned it within a year. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available here.

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Benedictus de Spinoza

Benedict de Spinoza (1632 to 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish descent, expelled from Amsterdam's Jewish community at twenty-three for his opinions. He ground optical lenses for a living, turned down a professorship to keep his independence, and died of a lung ailment at forty-four.

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First published
1677
Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
232
Language
English
Genre
Ethics
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okei, Diana Majlinger, MorganScorpion and others