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Ethics

Benedict de Spinoza · 1677 · translated by R. H. M. Elwes

God, mind, emotion and freedom proved like geometry — definitions, axioms, propositions. One substance, and you are a mode of it.

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Lessons cite it by part & proposition — for example IIP7. Those numbers appear in the margin as you read, so a citation and the page agree.

Contents

Part I — Concerning God

  1. Part I — Concerning God–Prop. VIII 1,902 words
  2. Prop. IX–Prop. XIII 1,516 words
  3. Prop. XIV–Prop. XV 1,735 words
  4. Prop. XVI–Prop. XIX 1,623 words
  5. Prop. XX–Prop. XXVIII 1,821 words
  6. Prop. XXIX–Prop. XXXIII 2,422 words
  7. Prop. XXXIV–Appendix 1,823 words
  8. Appendix 1,075 words

Part II — On the Nature and Origin of the Mind

  1. Part II — On the Nature and Origin of the Mind–Prop. VI 1,597 words
  2. Prop. VII–Prop. X 1,761 words
  3. Prop. XI–Axiom 2,555 words
  4. Postulates–Prop. XVIII 1,794 words
  5. Prop. XIX–Prop. XXVI 1,648 words
  6. Prop. XXVII–Prop. XXXV 1,525 words
  7. Prop. XXXVI–Prop. XL 1,846 words
  8. Prop. XLI–Prop. XLV 1,696 words
  9. Prop. XLVI–Prop. XLIX 2,492 words
  10. Prop. XLIX 1,202 words

Part III — On the Origin and Nature of the Emotions

  1. Part III — On the Origin and Nature of the Emotions–Prop. II 2,772 words
  2. Prop. II–Prop. XI 1,775 words
  3. Prop. XII–Prop. XVIII 1,886 words
  4. Prop. XIX–Prop. XXVII 1,924 words
  5. Prop. XXVIII–Prop. XXXIV 1,624 words
  6. Prop. XXXV–Prop. XXXIX 1,566 words
  7. Prop. XL–Prop. XLVII 1,716 words
  8. Prop. XLVIII–Prop. LII 1,688 words
  9. Prop. LIII–Prop. LVI 1,593 words
  10. Prop. LVII–def. I 1,670 words
  11. def. II–def. XX 1,505 words
  12. def. XXI–def. XXXIII 1,566 words
  13. def. XXXIV–def. XLVIII 1,376 words

Part IV — Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions

  1. Part IV — Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions–def. IV 1,533 words
  2. def. V–Prop. VI 1,520 words
  3. Prop. VII–Prop. XIII 1,537 words
  4. Prop. XIV–Prop. XIX 1,564 words
  5. Prop. XX–Prop. XXIX 1,558 words
  6. Prop. XXX–Prop. XXXV 1,829 words
  7. Prop. XXXVI–Prop. XXXVII 1,754 words
  8. Prop. XXXVII–Prop. XLV 1,887 words
  9. Prop. XLVI–Prop. LIV 1,552 words
  10. Prop. LV–Prop. LIX 1,695 words
  11. Prop. LX–Prop. LXVI 1,696 words
  12. Prop. LXVII–Prop. LXXIII 1,567 words
  13. Appendix 1,526 words
  14. Appendix 1,132 words

Part V — Of the Power of the Understanding, or of Human Freedom

  1. Part V — Of the Power of the Understanding, or of Human Freedom–Prop. I 1,585 words
  2. Prop. II–Prop. IX 1,641 words
  3. Prop. X–Prop. XVII 1,552 words
  4. Prop. XVIII–Prop. XXIII 1,651 words
  5. Prop. XXIV–Prop. XXXIV 1,627 words
  6. Prop. XXXV–Prop. XL 1,696 words
  7. Prop. XLI–Prop. XLII 1,085 words