Part III of Ethics
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Part III of *Ethics* is a section of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical work that analyzes the nature and causes of human emotions within his rationalist, geometric framework.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ethics, Part III | 1 |
| Part III of Ethics canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Part III of Ethics Context triple: [Part IV of Ethics, follows, Part III of Ethics]
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Part IV of Ethics
Part IV of Ethics is the section of Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece that analyzes human emotional bondage and the power of the passions over human behavior.
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Part V of Ethics
Part V of Ethics is the concluding section of Spinoza’s philosophical work "Ethics," in which he analyzes the power of the intellect, human freedom, and the mind’s blessedness.
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Ethics, Part I
"Ethics, Part I" is the opening section of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece, where he lays out a rigorous, geometrically structured account of God or Nature as the single infinite substance underlying all reality.
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The Inductions of Ethics
The Inductions of Ethics is a section of Hastings Rashdall’s philosophical work "The Principles of Ethics" that develops his arguments for an objective, ideal utilitarian moral theory.
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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: Part III of Ethics Target entity description: Part III of *Ethics* is a section of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical work that analyzes the nature and causes of human emotions within his rationalist, geometric framework.
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A.
Part IV of Ethics
Part IV of Ethics is the section of Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece that analyzes human emotional bondage and the power of the passions over human behavior.
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B.
Part V of Ethics
Part V of Ethics is the concluding section of Spinoza’s philosophical work "Ethics," in which he analyzes the power of the intellect, human freedom, and the mind’s blessedness.
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C.
Ethics, Part I
"Ethics, Part I" is the opening section of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical masterpiece, where he lays out a rigorous, geometrically structured account of God or Nature as the single infinite substance underlying all reality.
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D.
The Inductions of Ethics
The Inductions of Ethics is a section of Hastings Rashdall’s philosophical work "The Principles of Ethics" that develops his arguments for an objective, ideal utilitarian moral theory.
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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 (65)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book section
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philosophical text ⓘ |
| author | Baruch Spinoza ⓘ |
| centralDoctrine |
adequate ideas transform passions into actions
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emotions are modes of thought and body ⓘ emotions follow from the necessity of the divine nature ⓘ |
| concerns |
ethics
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moral psychology ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| definesConcept |
action
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affect ⓘ ambition ⓘ anger ⓘ avarice ⓘ benevolence ⓘ consternation ⓘ courtesy ⓘ cruelty ⓘ desire ⓘ drunkenness ⓘ emulation ⓘ envy ⓘ fear ⓘ glory ⓘ gratitude ⓘ hate ⓘ hope ⓘ humility ⓘ joy ⓘ love ⓘ lust ⓘ modesty ⓘ partiality ⓘ passion ⓘ pride ⓘ remorse ⓘ repentance ⓘ revenge ⓘ sadness ⓘ self-contentment ⓘ shame ⓘ |
| follows |
Part II of Ethics
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linked to:
Ethics, Part II
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| hasComponent |
axioms
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corollaries ⓘ definitions ⓘ demonstrations ⓘ postulates ⓘ propositions ⓘ scholia ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
causes of the affects
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human bondage to the passions ⓘ human emotions ⓘ nature of the affects ⓘ passions and actions ⓘ |
| partOf | Ethics ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Spinozism
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rationalism ⓘ |
| positionInWork | third part of Ethics ⓘ |
| precedes | Part IV of Ethics ⓘ |
| states | each thing strives to persevere in its being ⓘ |
| title | De origine et natura affectuum ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | On the Origin and Nature of the Affects ⓘ |
| usesConcept | conatus ⓘ |
| workForm | geometric method ⓘ |
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linked to: Part III of Ethics