On the improvement of understanding / / by Benedict de Spinoza ; translated from the Latin by R. H. M. Elwes

• Autore: Spinoza Benedict de
• Pubblicazione: [Lanham, Maryland] : , : Dancing Unicorn Books, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (42 pages)
• Disciplina: 190
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, Modern
• Persona (resp. second.): ElwesR. H. M.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Notice to the Reader -- On the Improvement of the Understanding -- Of the Ordinary Objects of Men's Desires -- Of the True and Final Good -- Certain Rules of Life -- Of the Four Modes of Perception -- Of the Best Mode of Perception -- Of the Instruments of the Intellect, Or True Ideas -- Answers to Objections -- Distinction of True Ideas From Fictitious Ideas -- And From False Ideas -- Of Doubt -- Of Memory and Forgetfulness -- Mental Hindrances From Words-And From the Popular Confusion of Ready Imagination With Distinct Understanding -- Its Object, the Acquisition of Clear and Distinct Ideas -- Its Means, Good Definitions-Conditions of Definition -- How To Define Understanding.
• Sommario/riassunto: After experience had taught me that all the usual surroundings of social life are vain and futile; seeing that none of the objects of my fears contained in themselves anything either good or bad, except in so far as the mind is affected by them, I finally resolved to inquire whether there might be some real good having power to communicate itself, which would affect the mind singly, to the exclusion of all else: whether, in fact, there might be anything of which the discovery and attainment would enable me to enjoy continuous, supreme, and unending happiness.
• Titolo autorizzato: On the improvement of understanding
• ISBN: 1-5154-1221-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155580403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Unabridged Start Publishing LLC