The Philosophy of Spinoza
by Benedict Baruch Spinoza
Language: English
Table of Contents:
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- THE LIFE OF SPINOZA
- INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPINOZA
- FIRST PART ON GOD
- CHAPTER I OF SUPERSTITION[1]
- CHAPTER II OF THE INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE[2]
- CHAPTER III OF PROPHETS AND PROPHECY[4]
- CHAPTER IV OF THE VOCATION OF THE HEBREWS[6]
- CHAPTER V OF THE DIVINE LAW[7]
- CHAPTER VI OF THE CEREMONIAL LAW[8]
- CHAPTER VII OF MIRACLES[10]
- CHAPTER VIII OF THE DIVINE NATURE
- Definitions
- Axioms
- The Essence of God
- The Corporeality of God
- The Properties of God
- The Necessity of All Things
- General Conclusions
- 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
- 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
- The Mind's Knowledge of God
- 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
- 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
- Definitions of the Principal Emotions
- CHAPTER XIII THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE EMOTIONS
- The Association of the Emotions
- The Imitation and Reciprocation of the Emotions
- The "Herd Instinct"
- The Varieties of Emotion
- The Inconstancy of the Emotions
- The Power of Love Over Hate
- 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
- CHAPTER XV THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MORAL LIFE
- Introductory
- The Essence of Virtue
- The Highest Virtue of Reason
- THE MORAL VALUE OF THE EMOTIONS
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF A STATE[32]
- CHAPTER XVII OF SUPREME AUTHORITIES
- Of the Right of Supreme Authorities[36]
- Of the Functions of Supreme Authorities[38]
- Of the Best State of a Dominion[39]
- CHAPTER XVIII FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND SPEECH[41]
- CHAPTER XIX OF HUMAN FREEDOM
- Introductory
- Axioms
- The Strength of the Emotions
- The Power of the Intellect Over the Emotions
- Summary
- CHAPTER XX OF HUMAN BLESSEDNESS AND THE ETERNITY OF THE MIND
- Human Blessedness: The Intellectual Love of God
- The Eternity of the Mind
- Conclusion
- APPENDIX