Concept Index

A

Adequate Ideas

Adequate Ideas - Clear and distinct knowledge | Part II Definition 4, Part II Proposition 38, Part II Proposition 40, Part III Proposition 3

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Affects

Affects - Body affections affecting power of acting | Part III Definition 3, Part III Proposition 11, Part III Proposition 56, Part III Proposition 57, Part III Proposition 58, Part III Proposition 59

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Attribute

Attribute - What constitutes substance’s essence | Part I Definition 4, Part I Proposition 9, Part I Proposition 10, Part II Proposition 1, Part II Proposition 2

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C

Conatus

Conatus - Striving to persist in being | Part III Proposition 6, Part III Proposition 7, Part III Proposition 9, Part IV Proposition 22

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Contingent

Contingent - Not determined as necessary by essence | Part IV Definition 3, Part I Proposition 29, Part II Proposition 44

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D

Determinism

Determinism - All things determined by Nature’s necessity | Part I Proposition 29, Part I Proposition 33, Part II Proposition 48

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Duration

Duration - Indefinite continuance in time | Part II Definition 5, Part II Proposition 30, Part II Proposition 31

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E

Essence

Essence - What when given posits thing; removed, removes thing | Part II Definition 2, Part I Proposition 7, Part III Proposition 7

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Eternity

Eternity - Existence following necessarily from definition | Part I Definition 8, Part I Proposition 19, Part V Proposition 23

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Evil

Evil - What prevents possessing good | Part IV Definition 2, Part IV Proposition 64, Part IV Proposition 65

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F

Flourishing

Flourishing - Virtue itself, not its reward | Part V Proposition 42, Part V Proposition 32, Part V Proposition 33, Part V Proposition 34, Part V Proposition 35, Part V Proposition 36

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Freedom

Freedom - Self-determination by own nature | Part I Definition 7, Part I Proposition 17, Part V Proposition 6, Part IV Proposition 67, Part IV Proposition 68, Part IV Proposition 69, Part IV Proposition 70, Part IV Proposition 71, Part IV Proposition 72, Part IV Proposition 73

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G

Good

Good - What we know is useful | Part IV Definition 1, Part IV Proposition 8, Part IV Proposition 26, Part IV Proposition 27, Part IV Proposition 28

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I

Inadequate Ideas

Inadequate Ideas - Confused knowledge from partial causes | Part II Proposition 24, Part II Proposition 25, Part II Proposition 26, Part II Proposition 27, Part II Proposition 28, Part II Proposition 29, Part III Proposition 1

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Intellectual Love of Nature

Intellectual Love of Nature - Love arising from third kind of knowledge | Part V Proposition 15, Part V Proposition 32, Part V Proposition 36

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K

Knowledge, Three Kinds:

• First:

  Imagination

  Imagination (inadequate) | Part II Proposition 40, Part II Proposition 41

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• Second:

  Reason

  Reason - Second kind of knowledge adequate from common notions | Part II Proposition 40, Part IV Proposition 18, Part IV Proposition 24

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• Third:

  Intuitive

  Intuitive (seeing particulars flow from Nature’s essence) | Part V Proposition 25, Part V Proposition 26, Part V Proposition 27, Part V Proposition 28, Part V Proposition 29, Part V Proposition 30, Part V Proposition 31, Part V Proposition 32

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M

Mind-Body Parallelism

Mind-Body Parallelism - Order of ideas = order of things | Part II Proposition 7, Part II Proposition 11, Part II Proposition 13

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Mode

Mode - Affections/modifications of substance | Part I Definition 5, Part I Proposition 1, Part I Proposition 28

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N

Nature

Nature - Infinite substance with infinite attributes | Part I Definition 6, Part I Proposition 11, Part I Proposition 14, Part I Proposition 15

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Necessity

Necessity - Following unavoidably from causes | Part I Axiom 3, Part I Proposition 29, Part II Proposition 44

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P

Passion

Passion - Passive affect from inadequate ideas | Part III Definition 2, Part III Proposition 1, Part III Proposition 3

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Parallelism

Parallelism - See Mind-Body Parallelism

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Perfection

Perfection - Same as reality | Part II Definition 6, Part V Proposition 40

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S

Substance

Substance - What exists in itself, conceived through itself | Part I Definition 3, Part I Proposition 5, Part I Proposition 6, Part I Proposition 7, Part I Proposition 8, Part I Proposition 11

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V

Virtue

Virtue - Power of acting from reason | Part IV Definition 8, Part IV Proposition 24, Part IV Proposition 28, Part V Proposition 42

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