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Ethics

Demonstrated in Geometrical Order

By Baruch Spinoza

Translated by R. H. M. Elwes

George Bell and Sons, London, 1883, In The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza, vol. 2

First written 1677

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Elwes’s translation of Spinoza’s Ethics, in five parts: on God or Nature, the mind, the emotions, human bondage, and human freedom, ending with the intellectual love of God and the eternity of the mind.

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Baruch Spinoza. Ethics: Demonstrated in Geometrical Order. Translated by R. H. M. Elwes. In The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza, vol. 2. George Bell and Sons, London, 1883.

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@misc{sources-ethics-elwes,
  title = {{Ethics}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 7, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/ethics-elwes}
}

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