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Extension also plays an important part in the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, who says that substance (that which has extension) can be limited only by substance of the same sort, i.e. matter cannot be limited by ideas and vice versa. From this principle, he determines that substance is infinite.
Baruch (de) Spinoza [b] (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin.
Principia philosophiae cartesianae (PPC; "The Principles of Cartesian Philosophy") or Renati Descartes principia philosophiae, more geometrico demonstrata ("The Principles of René Descartes' Philosophy, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order") is a philosophical work of Baruch Spinoza published in Amsterdam in 1663.
B. lacked the time to answer Spinoza himself and had to defend himself against attacks on his books about the pressure and expansion of gases. The Royal Society has been founded. Oldenburg exhorts Spinoza to publish in his own free Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands). Latin 08 VIII [3] 11 XI: Oldenburg: Spinoza: London: 03 ...
A Spinoza Chronology; Benedict (Baruch) Spinoza – Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Contains a version of this work, slightly modified for easier reading; Spinoza as a Prophet of Reason, a graduate-level research paper; Note on the text and translation – Cambridge Books Online
Conatus is a central theme in the philosophy of Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677), which is derived from principles that Hobbes and Descartes developed. [13] Contrary to most philosophers of his time, Spinoza rejects the dualistic assumption that mind, intentionality, ethics, and freedom are to be treated as things separate from the natural world of physical objects and events. [14]
1884 by R. H. L. Elwes, an abriged version in the second volume of The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza (George Bell & Sons, London). 1958 by Joseph Katz (The Library of Liberal Arts, New York). 1985 by Edwin Curley, in the first volume of The Collected Works of Spinoza (Princeton University Press).
Sub specie aeternitatis (Latin for "under the aspect of eternity") [1] is, from Baruch Spinoza onwards, an honorific expression denoting what is considered to be universally and eternally true, without any reference to or dependence upon temporal facets of reality. The Latin phrase can be rendered in English as "from the perspective of the ...