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Benedictus de Spinoza

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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 is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body.…

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  • AuthorBenedictus de Spinoza
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #3800
  • Length87,816 words
  • Chapters16
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-21

Contents

16 chapters

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  1. 01Benedict de Spinoza
  2. 02PART I. CONCERNING GOD.
  3. 03PREFACE
  4. 04DEFINITIONS
  5. 05AXIOMS
  6. 06PROPOSITIONS
  7. 07POSTULATES
  8. 08ON THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE EMOTIONS
  9. 09DEFINITIONS
  10. 10POSTULATES
  11. 11DEFINITIONS OF THE EMOTIONS
  12. 12GENERAL DEFINITION OF THE EMOTIONS
  13. 13PART IV:
  14. 14PREFACE
  15. 15PART V:
  16. 16PREFACE

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