The presence of the method in the initial definitions of part II of Spinoza’s Ethics

Authors

  • Sérgio Luís Persch Universidade Federa da Paraíba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2009.89373

Keywords:

Spinoza, Ethics, Definitions, Body, Mind.

Abstract

Spinoza begins his Ethics with a series of definitions, because of the geometrical model of reasoning, which he incorporates systematically to the philosophy. So, the commentators analyze meticulously the assembly of definitions that open the First Part, showing that they fulfill exemplary the demand of the method. In the Second Part of the Ethics, on the contrary, the same commentators manifest difficulty in recognizing limitless fidelity to the method. However, it is an apparent difficulty. This paper focuses the initial definitions of the Second Part of the Ethics, having for goal to seat out that they are related among themselves according to a precise formal arrangement. Therefore, they are written in agreement to the mathematical model of reasoning that Spinoza follows since the beginning of the Ethics.

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Author Biography

  • Sérgio Luís Persch, Universidade Federa da Paraíba
    Professor da Universidade Federa da Paraíba

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Published

2009-12-15

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No. 21 (2009)

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Persch, S. L. (2009). The presence of the method in the initial definitions of part II of Spinoza’s Ethics. Cadernos Espinosanos, 21, 96-117. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2009.89373