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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464595403321

Autore

Spinoza Benedictus de <1632-1677.>

Titolo

Ethics [[electronic resource] ] : Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, : The Floating Press, 1951

ISBN

1-77556-624-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ElwesR. H. M <1853-1892.> (Robert Harvey Monro)

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Part I Concerning God; Part II On the Nature and Origin of the Mind; Part III On the Origin and Nature of the Emotions; Part IV Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions; Part V Of the Power of the Understanding, or of Human Freedom; Endnotes

Sommario/riassunto

Ethics is a philosophical book written by Benedictus de Spinoza. Although published after Spinoza's death, in 1677, it is considered his greatest and most famous work. In it, Spinoza tries to set out a ""fully cohesive philosophical system that strives to provide a coherent picture of reality and to comprehend the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, human bondage to the emotions...