The Benedict de Spinoza Reader
Benedict de Spinoza
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Benedict de Spinoza's writings laid the groundwork for the 18th century Enlightenment and for modern Biblical criticism. By virtue of his magnum opus, the Ethics, Spinoza is considered one of Western...
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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Benedict de Spinoza's writings laid the groundwork for the 18th century Enlightenment and for modern Biblical criticism. By virtue of his magnum opus, the Ethics, Spinoza is considered one of Western philosophy's definitive ethicists. Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune's greedily coveted favours, they are consequently, for the most part, very prone to credulity. The human mind is readily swayed this way or that in times of doubt, especially when hope and fear are struggling for the mastery, though usually it is boastful, over-confident, and vain. After experience had taught me that all the usual surroundings of social life are vain and futile; seeing that none of the objects of my fears contained in themselves anything either good or bad, except in so far as the mind is affected by them, I finally resolved to inquire whether there might be some real good having power to communicate itself, which would affect the mind singly, to the exclusion of all else: whether, in fact, there might be anything of which the discovery and attainment would enable me to enjoy continuous, supreme, and unending happiness. Spinoza was one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy. He helped lay the groundwork for the 18th century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism. His correspondence helps shed light on his ethical opinions and positions. Required reading for those who wish a deeper understanding of the writings of Benedict de Spinoza. Duration - 36m. Author - Benedict de Spinoza. Narrator - Digital Voice Martin G. Published Date - Friday, 09 January 2026. Copyright - © 2014 Start Publishing LLC ©.
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The Ethics
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PART I. CONCERNING GOD.
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PART II. ON THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE MIND
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PART III. ON THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE EMOTIONS
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PART IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions
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PART V: Of the Power of the Understanding, or of Human Freedom
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NOTES
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A Theologico-Political Treatise
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PREFACE
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CHAPTER I.—OF PROPHECY
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CHAPTER II.—OF PROPHETS
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CHAPTER III.—OF THE VOCATION OF THE HEBREWS, AND WHETHER THE GIFT OF PROPHECY WAS PECULIAR TO THEM
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CHAPTER IV.—OF THE DIVINE LAW
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CHAPTER V.—OF THE CEREMONIAL LAW
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CHAPTER VI.—OF MIRACLES
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CHAPTER VII.—OF THE INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE
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CHAPTER VIII.—OF THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE PENTATEUCH AND THE OTHER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
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CHAPTER IX—OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SAME BOOKS: NAMELY, WHETHER THEY WERE COMPLETELY FINISHED BY EZRA, AND, FURTHER, WHETHER THE MARGINAL NOTES WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE HEBREW TEXTS WERE VARIOUS READINGS
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CHAPTER X.—AN EXAMINATION OF THE REMAINING BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT ACCORDING TO THE PRECEDING METHOD
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CHAPTER XI—AN INQUIRY WHETHER THE APOSTLES WROTE THEIR EPISTLES AS APOSTLES AND PROPHETS, OR MERELY AS TEACHERS; AND AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT IS MEANT BY AN APOSTLE
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CHAPTER XII—OF THE TRUE ORIGINAL OF THE DIVINE LAW, AND WHEREFORE SCRIPTURE IS CALLED SACRED, AND THE WORD OF GOD. HOW THAT, IN SO FAR AS IT CONTAINS THE WORD OF GOD, IT HAS COME DOWN TO US UNCORRUPTED
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CHAPTER XIII—IT IS SHOWN THAT SCRIPTURE TEACHES ONLY VERY SIMPLE DOCTRINES, SUCH AS SUFFICE FOR RIGHT CONDUCT
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CHAPTER XIV—DEFINITIONS OF FAITH, THE FAITH, AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH, WHICH IS ONCE FOR ALL SEPARATED FROM PHILOSOPHY
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CHAPTER XV—THEOLOGY IS SHOWN NOT TO BE SUBSERVIENT TO REASON, NOR REASON TO THEOLOGY: A DEFINITION OF THE REASON WHICH ENABLES US TO ACCEPT THE AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE
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CHAPTER XVI—OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF A STATE; OF THE NATURAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS; AND OF THE RIGHTS OF THE SOVEREIGN POWER
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CHAPTER XVII—IT IS SHOWN THAT NO ONE CAN, OR NEED, TRANSFER ALL HIS RIGHTS TO THE SOVEREIGN POWER. OF THE HEBREW REPUBLIC, AS IT WAS DURING THE LIFETIME OF MOSES, AND AFTER HIS DEATH, TILL THE FOUNDATION OF THE MONARCHY; AND OF ITS EXCELLENCE. LASTLY, OF
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CHAPTER XVIII—FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE HEBREWS, AND THEIR HISTORY, CERTAIN POLITICAL DOCTRINES ARE DEDUCED
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CHAPTER XIX—IT IS SHOWN THAT THE RIGHT OVER MATTERS SPIRITUAL LIES WHOLLY WITH THE SOVEREIGN, AND THAT THE OUTWARD FORMS OF RELIGION SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLIC PEACE, IF WE WOULD OBEY GOD ARIGHT
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CHAPTER XX—THAT IN A FREE STATE EVERY MAN MAY THINK WHAT HE LIKES, AND SAY WHAT HE THINKS
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On the Improvement of Understanding
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Notice to the Reader
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ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE UNDERSTANDING
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OF THE ORDINARY OBJECTS OF MEN'S DESIRES
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OF THE TRUE AND FINAL GOOD
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CERTAIN RULES OF LIFE
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OF THE FOUR MODES OF PERCEPTION
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OF THE BEST MODE OF PERCEPTION
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OF THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE INTELLECT, OR TRUE IDEAS
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ANSWERS TO OBJECTIONS
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DISTINCTION OF TRUE IDEAS FROM FICTITIOUS IDEAS
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AND FROM FALSE IDEAS
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OF DOUBT
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OF MEMORY AND FORGETFULNESS
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MENTAL HINDRANCES FROM WORDS—AND FROM THE POPULAR CONFUSION OF READY IMAGINATION WITH DISTINCT UNDERSTANDING
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ITS OBJECT, THE ACQUISITION OF CLEAR AND DISTINCT IDEAS
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ITS MEANS, GOOD DEFINITIONS— CONDITIONS OF DEFINITION
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HOW TO DEFINE UNDERSTANDING
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Correspondence of Benedict de Spinoza
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LETTER I.
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LETTER II.
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LETTER III.
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LETTER IV.
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LETTER V.
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LETTER VI.
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LETTER VII.
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LETTER VIII.
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LETTER IX.
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LETTERS X.-XII.,XIV. 1
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LETTER XIII.A.
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LETTER XV.
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LETTER XVI.
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LETTER XVII.
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LETTER XVIII.
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LETTER XIX.
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LETTER XX.
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LETTER XXI.
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LETTER XXII.
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LETTER XXIII.
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LETTER XXIV.
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LETTER XXV.
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LETTER XXV.A.
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LETTER XXVI.
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LETTER XXVII.
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LETTER XXVIII.
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LETTER XXIX.
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LETTER XXIX.A. 1
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LETTER XXX.
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LETTER XXXI.
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LETTER XXXII.
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LETTER XXXIII.
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LETTER XXXIV.
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LETTER XXXV.
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LETTER XXXVI.
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LETTER XXXVII.
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LETTER XXXVIII.
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LETTER XXXIX.
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LETTER XL.
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LETTER XLI.
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LETTER XLI.A.
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LETTER XLII.
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LETTER XLIII.
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LETTERS XLIV., XLV., XLVI. (XXXIX., XL., XLI.)
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LETTER XLVII.
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LETTER XLVIII.
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LETTER XLIX.
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LETTER L.
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LETTER LI.
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LETTER LII.
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LETTER LIII.
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LETTER LIV.
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LETTER LV.
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LETTER LVI.
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LETTER LVII.
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LETTER LVIII.
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LETTER LIX.
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LETTER LX. ,
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LETTER LXI.
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LETTER LXII.
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LETTER LXIII.
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LETTER LXIV.
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LETTER LXV.
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LETTER LXVI.
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LETTER LXVII.
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LETTER LXVIII.
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LETTER LXVIII.A.
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LETTER LXVIII.B.
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LETTER LXIX.
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LETTER LXX.
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LETTER LXXI.
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LETTER LXXII.
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LETTER LXXIII.
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LETTER LXXIV. SPINOZA TO ALBERT BURGH.
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LETTER LXXV.
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