Philosophy Of Benedict De Spinoza Translated From De Latin By R H M Ewes With An Introduction By Frank Sewall

Author : R. H. M. Elwes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330402986
Total Pages : 475 pages
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Download or read book Thechief Works of Benedict De Spinoza, Vol. 2 written by R. H. M. Elwes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thechief Works of Benedict De Spinoza, Vol. 2: Translated From the Latin, With an Introduction, De Intellectus Emendatione Ethica In the wave of philosophical inquiry which swept over Europe in the middle of the seventeenth century and is regarded as the beginning of a new, scientific age of the world, there were two controlling, but divergent forces, those namely represented by Bacon and Descartes, the first the founder of the experimental and the latter the idealistic or dogmatic method of philosophizing. From the former we may trace a continuous influence through Locke, Berkeley, Hume down to Mill, Spencer, Darwin, and Huxley: from the latter the development of the modern idealism represented by Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer, and Lotze. A potent factor in the latter development was the philosophy of Spinoza (1632-1677) which had its roots in both Bacon (1561-1626) his immediate predecessor and Descartes his contemporary (1596-1650) and, leaving its immediate impress on Leibnitz his successor (1646-1716) even to-day is traceable in schools of thought of widening influence. From Bacon he conceived the idea of a novum organum or new method of learning which should be applicable to the laws of human conduct as well as to the processes of nature. Inspired by the love of Descartes' mathematics he resolved to construct, after the plan of a geometrical science, a complete system of the knowledge of God, of the universe and of man. Human nature, he says, obeys fixed laws no less than do the figures of Geometry. « I will therefore write about human beings as though I were concerned with lines and planes and solids. » And hence it is that we have in Spinoza's « Ethics » a treatise consisting of Axioms, Propositions, and Demonstrations like the Geometry of Euclid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.