Ethics (Spinoza)
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Ethics (Spinoza) is Baruch Spinoza’s seminal philosophical treatise that systematically presents his metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, and ethics in a geometric, axiomatic style.
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| Ethics (Spinoza) canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Ethics (Spinoza) Context triple: [Spinoza: Practical Philosophy, aboutWork, Ethics (Spinoza)]
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Spinoza, Ethics, Part V
Spinoza, Ethics, Part V is the concluding section of Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece, focusing on the power of the intellect, the nature of blessedness, and the mind’s eternal aspect through the intellectual love of God.
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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.
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Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV
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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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.
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The System of Ethics
The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ethics (Spinoza) Target entity description: Ethics (Spinoza) is Baruch Spinoza’s seminal philosophical treatise that systematically presents his metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, and ethics in a geometric, axiomatic style.
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A.
Spinoza, Ethics, Part V
Spinoza, Ethics, Part V is the concluding section of Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece, focusing on the power of the intellect, the nature of blessedness, and the mind’s eternal aspect through the intellectual love of God.
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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.
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C.
Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV
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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D.
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.
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E.
The System of Ethics
The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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early modern philosophy work ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| author | Baruch Spinoza ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
Human freedom consists in understanding necessity.
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There is only one substance, God or Nature (Deus sive Natura). ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1675 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1660s ⓘ |
| dividedInto |
Part I
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Part II ⓘ Part III ⓘ Part IV ⓘ Part V ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1677 ⓘ |
| genre |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ
linked to:
Ethics
metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Axioms
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Corollaries ⓘ Definitions ⓘ Demonstrations ⓘ Postulates ⓘ Propositions ⓘ Scholia ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century continental philosophy
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Albert Einstein ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ German Idealism ⓘ
linked to:
German idealism
political philosophy ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Euclidean geometry ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
God or Nature as a single substance
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determinism ⓘ freedom through understanding ⓘ human emotions ⓘ intellectual love of God ⓘ mind–body parallelism ⓘ |
| method | axiomatic method ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept |
adequate ideas
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affects ⓘ attributes and modes ⓘ blessedness ⓘ conatus ⓘ substance monism ⓘ three kinds of knowledge ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Spinozism
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rationalism ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Opera Posthuma ⓘ |
| structure | geometrical order ⓘ |
| title | Ethics ⓘ |
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