Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus

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book part philosophical work section

Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus is the Latin-titled fourth part of Baruch Spinoza’s *Ethics*, in which he analyzes human bondage to the passions and the power of the emotions over human behavior.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus canonical	2
De origine et natura affectuum	1
De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus	1

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Target entity: Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus
Context triple: [Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects, originalTitle, Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus]

A. De Homine
De Homine is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Hobbes that examines human nature, sensation, and behavior within his broader mechanistic and materialist framework.
B. Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature
"Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature" is a philosophical essay by David Hume examining whether human nature is fundamentally noble or base.
C. De interpretatione recta
De interpretatione recta is a humanist treatise by Leonardo Bruni that advocates for accurate, elegant translation from Greek and Latin into vernacular languages, helping to shape Renaissance theories of translation and rhetoric.
D. Utrinque Paratus
Utrinque Paratus is the Latin motto of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment, meaning “Ready for Anything” or “Ready on Both Sides,” reflecting its airborne readiness and versatility.
E. Book 2: Of the Passions
Book 2: Of the Passions is the section of David Hume’s *A Treatise of Human Nature* in which he systematically analyzes human emotions and their role in motivating action and shaping moral judgment.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus
Target entity description: Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus is the Latin-titled fourth part of Baruch Spinoza’s *Ethics*, in which he analyzes human bondage to the passions and the power of the emotions over human behavior.

A. De Homine
De Homine is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Hobbes that examines human nature, sensation, and behavior within his broader mechanistic and materialist framework.
B. Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature
"Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature" is a philosophical essay by David Hume examining whether human nature is fundamentally noble or base.
C. De interpretatione recta
De interpretatione recta is a humanist treatise by Leonardo Bruni that advocates for accurate, elegant translation from Greek and Latin into vernacular languages, helping to shape Renaissance theories of translation and rhetoric.
D. Utrinque Paratus
Utrinque Paratus is the Latin motto of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment, meaning “Ready for Anything” or “Ready on Both Sides,” reflecting its airborne readiness and versatility.
E. Book 2: Of the Passions
Book 2: Of the Passions is the section of David Hume’s *A Treatise of Human Nature* in which he systematically analyzes human emotions and their role in motivating action and shaping moral judgment.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book part ⓘ philosophical work section ⓘ
aim	to analyze human bondage to the passions ⓘ to explain the power of emotions over human conduct ⓘ
author	Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
centralConcept	domination of passions over reason ⓘ servitus humana ⓘ
contains	axioms ⓘ corollaries ⓘ definitions ⓘ demonstrations ⓘ propositions ⓘ scholia ⓘ
contextInWork	follows Pars III: De affectibus ⓘ precedes Pars V: De potentia intellectus, seu de libertate humana ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Dutch Republic ⓘ
genre	ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ
hasForm	geometrical order ⓘ
hasInfluenced	conceptions of emotional determinism ⓘ later theories of autonomy and freedom ⓘ modern moral psychology ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th century ⓘ
locatedInWork	Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata ⓘ
mainTopic	emotions ⓘ human behavior ⓘ human bondage ⓘ passions ⓘ
originalWorkPublicationYear	1677 ⓘ
partOf	Ethics ⓘ
partOfPhilosophicalSystem	Spinoza's Ethics ⓘ linked to: Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV
philosophicalMovement	early modern philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalSubject	affects ⓘ human freedom ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ necessity ⓘ power of reason ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	rationalism ⓘ
positionInSeries	4 ⓘ
relatedWork	Pars III: De affectibus ⓘ Pars V: De potentia intellectus, seu de libertate humana ⓘ linked to: Part V: Of the Power of the Intellect, or of Human Liberty
seriesOrdinal	fourth part ⓘ
subtitle	De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus ⓘ
titleLanguage	Latin ⓘ
workTitle	Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Affects → originalTitle → Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus ⓘ

Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus → workTitle → Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus ⓘ

Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV → originalTitle → De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus ⓘ

linked to: Pars IV: De servitute humana, seu de affectuum viribus

Part III of Ethics → title → De origine et natura affectuum ⓘ