Spinoza, Ethics, Part III
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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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| Spinoza, Ethics, Part III canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: Spinoza, Ethics, Part III Context triple: [Spinoza, Ethics, Part I, relatedWork, Spinoza, Ethics, Part III]
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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: Practical Philosophy
"Spinoza: Practical Philosophy" is a philosophical study by Gilles Deleuze that interprets Baruch Spinoza’s thought as a radical ethics of joy, power, and lived practice rather than a purely abstract metaphysics.
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Spinoza’s letters
Spinoza’s letters are a collection of Baruch Spinoza’s personal and philosophical correspondence that illuminate his ideas, relationships, and intellectual context.
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Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences
Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences is the concluding section of John Stuart Mill’s *A System of Logic* that develops his influential account of the methods and philosophical foundations of the social and moral sciences.
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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
- 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: Spinoza, Ethics, Part III Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
Spinoza: Practical Philosophy
"Spinoza: Practical Philosophy" is a philosophical study by Gilles Deleuze that interprets Baruch Spinoza’s thought as a radical ethics of joy, power, and lived practice rather than a purely abstract metaphysics.
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C.
Spinoza’s letters
Spinoza’s letters are a collection of Baruch Spinoza’s personal and philosophical correspondence that illuminate his ideas, relationships, and intellectual context.
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D.
Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences
Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences is the concluding section of John Stuart Mill’s *A System of Logic* that develops his influential account of the methods and philosophical foundations of the social and moral sciences.
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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
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | philosophical work section ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Ethics, Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Affects ⓘ |
| analyzes |
active affects
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passive affects ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Baruch Spinoza ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
conatus
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desire ⓘ joy ⓘ sadness ⓘ |
| claims |
emotions can be understood through reason
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emotions follow from the laws of human nature ⓘ |
| contextWithinWork |
follows Ethics, Part II: Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind
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precedes Ethics, Part IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions ⓘ |
| defines | conatus as each thing’s striving to persevere in its being ⓘ |
| discipline |
Ethics
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surface form:
ethics
moral psychology ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| explains | emotions as modifications of the body and ideas of these modifications ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
dynamics of human emotions
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nature of the affects ⓘ origin of the affects ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 17th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Enlightenment moral philosophy
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contemporary affect theory ⓘ later theories of emotion ⓘ |
| keyThesis |
emotions are intelligible and necessary outcomes of human nature
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understanding emotions is a condition for human freedom ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
affects
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human emotions ⓘ |
| partOf | Ethics ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod | geometrical method ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | rationalism ⓘ |
| preparesFor |
Part IV of Ethics
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surface form:
Ethics, Part IV
Part V of Ethics ⓘ
surface form:
Ethics, Part V
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| relatesTo | human bondage to the passions ⓘ |
| structure |
axioms
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corollaries ⓘ definitions ⓘ demonstrations ⓘ postulates ⓘ propositions ⓘ scholia ⓘ |
| title |
Part III of Ethics
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surface form:
Ethics, Part III
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| workForm | geometrical treatise ⓘ |
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