Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV

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philosophical work section

Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV is the section of Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece that examines human bondage to the passions and outlines the path toward rational virtue and freedom.

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Label	Occurrences
Spinoza's Ethics	1
Spinoza, Ethics	1
Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV canonical	1

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Target entity: Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV
Context triple: [Spinoza, Ethics, Part I, relatedWork, Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV]

A. Spinoza, Ethics, Part III
Spinoza, Ethics, Part III is the section of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece that systematically analyzes the nature and dynamics of human emotions within his rationalist, geometric framework.
B. Spinoza, Ethics, Part I
"Spinoza, Ethics, Part I" is the opening section of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece in which he lays out his rigorous, geometrically structured metaphysics, including his identification of God with Nature.
C. Spinoza’s letters
Spinoza’s letters are a collection of Baruch Spinoza’s personal and philosophical correspondence that illuminate his ideas, relationships, and intellectual context.
D. Spinoza: Practical Philosophy
"Spinoza: Practical Philosophy" is a philosophical study by Gilles Deleuze that interprets Baruch Spinoza’s thought as a radical ethics of joy, power, and lived practice rather than a purely abstract metaphysics.
E. Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences
Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences is the concluding section of John Stuart Mill’s *A System of Logic* that develops his influential account of the methods and philosophical foundations of the social and moral sciences.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV
Target entity description: Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV is the section of Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece that examines human bondage to the passions and outlines the path toward rational virtue and freedom.

A. Spinoza, Ethics, Part III
Spinoza, Ethics, Part III is the section of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece that systematically analyzes the nature and dynamics of human emotions within his rationalist, geometric framework.
B. Spinoza, Ethics, Part I
"Spinoza, Ethics, Part I" is the opening section of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece in which he lays out his rigorous, geometrically structured metaphysics, including his identification of God with Nature.
C. Spinoza’s letters
Spinoza’s letters are a collection of Baruch Spinoza’s personal and philosophical correspondence that illuminate his ideas, relationships, and intellectual context.
D. Spinoza: Practical Philosophy
"Spinoza: Practical Philosophy" is a philosophical study by Gilles Deleuze that interprets Baruch Spinoza’s thought as a radical ethics of joy, power, and lived practice rather than a purely abstract metaphysics.
E. Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences
Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences is the concluding section of John Stuart Mill’s *A System of Logic* that develops his influential account of the methods and philosophical foundations of the social and moral sciences.
F. None of above. chosen

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instanceOf	philosophical work section ⓘ
aimsAt	outlining the path to human freedom ⓘ showing how reason can moderate the passions ⓘ
alternativeTitle	Ethics, Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions ⓘ
arguesThat	a free person is led by reason rather than by passions ⓘ human beings are naturally subject to passions ⓘ understanding our affects increases our power over them ⓘ virtue consists in living according to the guidance of reason ⓘ
author	Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
centralConcept	bondage as domination by passive affects ⓘ conatus ⓘ freedom as understanding necessity ⓘ virtue as power of acting ⓘ
contains	axioms ⓘ corollaries ⓘ definitions ⓘ propositions ⓘ scholia ⓘ
defines	evil as what hinders our power of acting ⓘ good as what is useful to our nature ⓘ
discusses	rational self-preservation ⓘ social relations based on reason ⓘ the ideal of the free person ⓘ
examines	human servitude to affects ⓘ power of the emotions ⓘ
follows	Spinoza, Ethics, Part III ⓘ
hasGenre	ethics literature ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
influenced	contemporary moral psychology ⓘ existentialist interpretations of freedom ⓘ modern ethics ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
mainTopic	ethics ⓘ freedom ⓘ human bondage to the passions ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ rational virtue ⓘ
method	geometrical method ⓘ
originalTitle	De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus ⓘ linked to: Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus Ethica, Pars IV ⓘ linked to: Part IV of Ethics
partOf	Spinoza, Ethics ⓘ linked to: Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV
philosophicalTradition	Early modern philosophy ⓘ Rationalism ⓘ
positionInWork	fourth part ⓘ
precedes	Spinoza, Ethics, Part V ⓘ
publicationYear	1677 ⓘ
title	Ethics, Part IV ⓘ linked to: Part IV of Ethics
workForm	treatise ⓘ

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Spinoza, Ethics, Part I → relatedWork → Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV ⓘ

Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus → partOfPhilosophicalSystem → Spinoza's Ethics ⓘ

linked to: Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV

Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV → partOf → Spinoza, Ethics ⓘ