Improvement of the Understanding: Ethics and Correspondence of Benedict de SpinozaM. W. Dunne, 1901 - 427 pagina's |
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absolutely infinite absurd action actually existing affirm Albert Burgh arising assert attri attribute axiom BENEDICT DE SPINOZA body is affected called ceived Chimæra clear and distinct clearly conceived conception concerning conditioned confused considered contrariwise Coroll deduce definition desire divine nature doubt efficient cause emotion endeavor eternal and infinite evil extended substance external bodies external cause fact false fear fiction fictitious idea finite fore further given God's hate hatred Hence human body human mind hypothesis imagination inasmuch infinite number infinity intellect knowledge last Prop Lemma manner means method modifications motion natura naturata necessarily exists necessarily follow necessity object particular things passive perceived perception perfection Peter power of activity Proof proportion proposition Q.E.D. Corollary Q.E.D. Note Q.E.D. PROP reality reason regard solely subjective essence subtle bodies thereof thought tion true idea truth understanding virtue whatsoever whereby Wherefore words xvii xxvii
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Pagina 130 - Nothing comes to pass in nature, which can be set down to a flaw therein ; for nature is always the same, and everywhere one and the same in her efficacy and power of action ; that is, nature's laws and ordinances, whereby all things come to pass and change from one form to another, are everywhere and always the same ; so that there should be one and the same method of understanding the nature of all things whatsoever, namely, through nature's universal laws and rules. Thus the passions of hatred,...
Pagina 92 - I will, in the following propositions, deduce from what has been advanced. Wherefore I have thought it worth while to explain and prove more strictly my present statements. In order to do so, I must premise a few propositions concerning the nature of bodies. AXIOM I. All bodies are either in motion or at rest. AXIOM II. Every body is moved sometimes more slowly, sometimes more quickly. LEMMA I. Bodies are distinguished from one another in respect of motion and rest, quickness and slowness, and not...
Pagina 42 - That thing is called free, which exists solely by the necessity of its own nature, and of which the action is determined by itself alone. On the other hand, that thing is necessary, or rather constrained, which is determined by something external to itself to a fixed and definite method of existence or action.
Pagina 45 - substance" would be understood that which is in itself and is conceived through itself, or, in other words, that, the knowledge of which does not need the knowledge of another thing. But by "modifications...
Pagina 87 - God loves himself, not in so far as he is infinite, but in so far as he can be explained through the essence of the human mind regarded under the form of eternity; in other words, the intellectual love of the mind towards God is part of the infinite love, wherewith God loves himself.
Pagina 85 - Thus, whether we conceive nature under the attribute of extension, or under the attribute of thought, or under any other attribute, we shall find the same order, or one and the same chain of causes—that is, the same things following in either case.
Pagina 228 - He who rightly realizes, that all things follow from the necessity of the divine nature, and come to pass in accordance with the eternal laws and rules of nature, will not find anything worthy of hatred, derision, or contempt, nor will he bestow pity on anything, but to the utmost extent of human virtue he will endeavour to do well, as the saying is, and to rejoice. We may add, that he, who is easily touched with compassion, and is moved by another's sorrow or tears, often does something which he...
Pagina 135 - ... are readily swayed this way or that. All these considerations clearly show that a mental decision and a bodily appetite, or determined state, are simultaneous, or rather are one and the same thing, which we call decision, when it is regarded under and explained through the attribute of thought, and a conditioned state, when it is regarded under the attribute of extension, and deduced from the laws of motion and rest.
Pagina 129 - Most writers on the emotions and on human conduct seem to be treating rather of matters outside nature than of natural phenomena following nature's general laws. They appear to conceive man to be situated in nature as a kingdom within a kingdom...
Pagina 266 - But in order that this power of the mind over the emotions may be better understood, it should be specially observed that the emotions are called by us strong, when we compare the emotion of one man with the emotion of another, and see that one man is more troubled than another by the same emotion ; or when we are comparing the various emotions of the same man one with another, and find that he is more affected or stirred by one emotion than by another. For the strength of every emotion is defined...