Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects

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"Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects" is the section of Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece in which he systematically analyzes human emotions as natural, necessary outcomes of our striving for self-preservation and our interactions with external causes.

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instanceOf philosophical work section ⓘ
treatise on emotions ⓘ
aim to provide a geometrical analysis of the affects ⓘ
author Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
centralClaim emotions arise from our striving for self-preservation ⓘ
emotions depend on our interactions with external causes ⓘ
human affects are natural and necessary outcomes of conatus ⓘ
follows Ethics, Part II: Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind ⓘ
mainTopic active affects ⓘ
ambition ⓘ
conatus ⓘ
cruelty ⓘ
desire ⓘ
envy ⓘ
fear ⓘ
glory ⓘ
gratitude ⓘ
hate ⓘ
hope ⓘ
human affects ⓘ
humility ⓘ
indignation ⓘ
joy ⓘ
love ⓘ
nature of emotions ⓘ
origin of emotions ⓘ
partiality ⓘ
passive affects ⓘ
pride ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
sadness ⓘ
self-preservation ⓘ
shame ⓘ
partOf Ethics ⓘ
philosophicalConceptUsed adequate ideas ⓘ
causal necessity ⓘ
inadequate ideas ⓘ
philosophicalSchool rationalism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition early modern philosophy ⓘ
precedes Ethics, Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Power of the Affects ⓘ
structure axioms ⓘ
corollaries ⓘ
definitions ⓘ
demonstrations ⓘ
propositions ⓘ
scholia ⓘ
workContainedIn Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order ⓘ
writtenInLanguage Latin ⓘ

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Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects → relatedWork → Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects ⓘ
Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects → follows → Ethics, Part II: Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind ⓘ
linked to: Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects
Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects → precedes → Ethics, Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Power of the Affects ⓘ
linked to: Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects
Spinoza, Ethics, Part III → alternativeName → Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects ⓘ
Part III of Ethics → titleInEnglish → On the Origin and Nature of the Affects ⓘ
linked to: Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects