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Title: Ethics
Author: Benedictus de Spinoza
Translator: R. H. M. Elwes
Release date: February 1, 2003 [eBook #3800]
Most recently updated: January 9, 2021
Language: English
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The Ethics
(Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata)
by
Benedict de Spinoza
Translated from the Latin by R. H. M. Elwes
PART I. CONCERNING GOD.
DEFINITIONS.
I. By that which is self--caused, I mean that of which the essence involves existence, or that of which the nature is only conceivable as existent.
II. A thing is called finite after its kind, when it can be limited by another thing of the same nature; for instance, a body is called finite because we always conceive another greater body. So, also, a thought is limited by another thought, but a body …