Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being

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Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being is an early philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that presents his views on God, human nature, and the path to happiness in a more accessible, dialogical form than his later Ethics.

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Label	Occurrences
Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being canonical	2
On God, Man and His Well-Being	1
Short Treatise on God, Man and His Happiness	1

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Target entity: Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being
Context triple: [Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect, relatedWork, Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being]

A. Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
B. On God
"On God" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop track by Kanye West from his 2019 album *Jesus Is King*, featuring themes of faith, gratitude, and divine protection.
C. The Natural History of Religion
The Natural History of Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that examines the origins and development of religious belief in human societies through a skeptical and empirical lens.
D. Commentary on True and False Religion
"Commentary on True and False Religion" is a 1525 theological treatise by Swiss Reformer Huldrych Zwingli that systematically contrasts what he saw as genuine Christian faith with the errors and abuses of the late medieval Catholic Church.
E. Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being
Target entity description: Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being is an early philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that presents his views on God, human nature, and the path to happiness in a more accessible, dialogical form than his later Ethics.

A. Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
B. On God
"On God" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop track by Kanye West from his 2019 album *Jesus Is King*, featuring themes of faith, gratitude, and divine protection.
C. The Natural History of Religion
The Natural History of Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that examines the origins and development of religious belief in human societies through a skeptical and empirical lens.
D. Commentary on True and False Religion
"Commentary on True and False Religion" is a 1525 theological treatise by Swiss Reformer Huldrych Zwingli that systematically contrasts what he saw as genuine Christian faith with the errors and abuses of the late medieval Catholic Church.
E. Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ early work ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
aimsTo	explain route to human blessedness ⓘ present Spinoza’s views in accessible form ⓘ
author	Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
authorNationality	Dutch ⓘ
authorPhilosophicalSchool	Spinozism ⓘ
concerns	freedom ⓘ human emotions ⓘ knowledge of God ⓘ morality ⓘ
dealsWith	human body ⓘ human mind ⓘ nature of God ⓘ path to happiness ⓘ path to human well-being ⓘ relationship between God and nature ⓘ
genre	moral philosophy ⓘ philosophical theology ⓘ
hasForm	dialogical form ⓘ
historicalContext	17th-century philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy	Cartesian philosophy ⓘ Jewish philosophical tradition ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ
mainSubject	God ⓘ ethics ⓘ happiness ⓘ human nature ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ theology ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage	Dutch ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	determinism ⓘ identification of God with nature ⓘ intellectual love of God ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	early modern philosophy ⓘ rationalism ⓘ
relatedWork	Ethics ⓘ
structureFeature	dialogues ⓘ propositions and explanations ⓘ
styleComparedToEthics	less geometrical ⓘ more accessible ⓘ
titleVariant	Short Treatise ⓘ Short Treatise on God, Man and His Happiness ⓘ linked to: Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being
workPeriod	early work of Baruch Spinoza ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect → relatedWork → Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being ⓘ

Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being → titleVariant → Short Treatise on God, Man and His Happiness ⓘ

linked to: Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being

Short Treatise → hasAlternativeTitle → Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being ⓘ

Korte Verhandeling → partTitle → On God, Man and His Well-Being ⓘ