
The Philosophy of Spinoza
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This book provides depth and insight into the philosophical doctrine of Rene Descartes, and compares it to the metaphysics of Spinoza himself.
Chapters (640)
- THE PHILOSOPHY
- OF
- SPINOZA
- edited by JOSEPH RATNER
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- THE LIFE OF SPINOZA
- INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPINOZA
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- FIRST PART
- ON GOD
- CHAPTER I
- OF SUPERSTITION[1]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II
- OF THE INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE[2]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III
- OF PROPHETS AND PROPHECY[4]
- I
- II
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IV
- OF THE VOCATION OF THE HEBREWS[6]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER V
- OF THE DIVINE LAW[7]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VI
- OF THE CEREMONIAL LAW[8]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VII
- OF MIRACLES[10]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VIII
- OF THE DIVINE NATURE
- Definitions
- Axioms
- The Essence of God
- The Corporeality of God
- The Properties of God I
- II
- III
- The Necessity of All Things
- General Conclusions
- FOOTNOTES:
- SECOND PART
- ON MAN
- CHAPTER IX
- THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE HUMAN MIND
- Introductory
- Definitions
- Axioms
- The Mind of God
- The Order and Dependence of Ideas in God
- The Origin of the Human Mind
- The Nature of the Human Mind
- The Complexity of the Human Mind
- Imagination
- Association of Ideas and Memory
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER X
- THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
- Of Truth
- Of Falsity
- The Origin and Nature of Confused Ideas
- The Origin and Nature of Adequate Ideas
- The Three Kinds of Knowledge
- Reason and Imagination
- Sub Specie Æternitatis
- The Limits of Human Knowledge I
- II
- III
- The Mind's Knowledge of God
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XI
- DETERMINISM AND MORALS
- The Mind Is Necessarily Determined
- Faculty Psychology Fallacious
- False Doctrines about Error Exposed
- Freedom of the Will
- The Independence of Mind and Body
- The Moral Values of Determinism I
- II
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XII
- THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE EMOTIONS
- Introductory
- Definitions
- Postulates
- The Two States of Mind: Active and Passive
- The Basic Endeavor of All Things
- The Three Primary Emotions I Desire
- II Joy and Sorrow
- Definitions of the Principal Emotions
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE EMOTIONS
- The Association of the Emotions
- The Imitation and Reciprocation of the Emotions I
- II
- The "Herd Instinct"
- The Varieties of Emotion
- The Inconstancy of the Emotions
- The Power of Love Over Hate
- FOOTNOTES:
- THIRD PART
- ON MAN'S WELL-BEING
- CHAPTER XIV
- OF HUMAN BONDAGE
- Introductory
- Definitions
- Axiom
- Man's Place in Nature
- The Nature of Good and Evil
- The Control of the Emotions
- How the Strength of the Emotions Varies I
- II
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XV
- THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MORAL LIFE
- Introductory
- The Essence of Virtue I
- II
- The Highest Virtue of Reason
- THE MORAL VALUE OF THE EMOTIONS I General Principles
- II Value of Joy and Sorrow
- III The Good Emotions
- IV The Evil Emotions
- V Necessary Evils (i)
- (ii)
- VI Diseased Emotions
- VII Reasonable Emotions
- The Life of Virtue I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
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- X
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- XIX
- XX
- XXI
- XXII
- XXIII
- XXIV
- XXV
- XXVI
- XXVII
- XXVIII
- XXIX
- XXX
- XXXI
- XXXII
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVI
- OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF A STATE[32]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVII
- OF SUPREME AUTHORITIES
- I Of the Right of Supreme Authorities[36]
- II Of the Functions of Supreme Authorities[38]
- III Of the Best State of a Dominion[39]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVIII
- FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND SPEECH[41]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIX
- OF HUMAN FREEDOM
- Introductory
- Axioms
- The Strength of the Emotions
- The Power of the Intellect Over the Emotions I General Principles
- II The Natural Basis of Rational Control
- III The Function of the Intellectual Order
- IV Summary
- CHAPTER XX
- OF HUMAN BLESSEDNESS AND THE ETERNITY OF THE MIND
- Human Blessedness: The Intellectual Love of God I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- The Eternity of the Mind I
- II
- III
- Conclusion
- FOOTNOTES:
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