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Works
305
Authors
94
Passages
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Corpus works
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Private works
46
Private records
56
Private excerpts
20,006
Text representations
223,819
Editions and translations
849
Languages
17
Works in French and English
259
Multilingual works
259
Tracked concepts
9
Estimated sentences
1,456,557
Words
27,541,029

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Intellectual love of God

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Photorealistic editorial illustration of Ethics, English Manifestation in the Prokopton42.com Library Ethics, English ManifestationBaruch Spinoza

Work

Ethics, English Manifestation

In the Ethics, Spinoza uses definitions, axioms, and demonstrations to construct an account of God or Nature, mind, affects, and freedom. This English manifestation presents a path in which understanding necessity transforms how passions are lived.

What you will learn
Composition
composed c. 1661-1675; published in 1677
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
English · French
Extent
261 passages · 88,568 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Ethics, Émile Saisset’s French Translation in the Prokopton42.com Library Ethics, Émile Saisset’s French TranslationBaruch Spinoza

Work

Ethics, Émile Saisset’s French Translation

Émile Saisset’s translation gives the demonstrative architecture of Spinoza’s Ethics in French. God identified with Nature, mind-body parallelism, analysis of passions, and intellectual blessedness unfold through nineteenth-century terminology.

What you will learn
Composition
composed c. 1661-1675; published in 1677
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
French · English
Extent
300 passages · 92,036 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being, French Manifestation in the Prokopton42.com Library Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being, French ManifestationBaruch Spinoza

Work

Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being, French Manifestation

The Short Treatise preserves an early formulation of Spinoza’s thought on God, nature, soul, passions, and freedom. Transmitted through Dutch copies and then translated, it shows a system in formation rather than a version simply identical with the Ethics.

What you will learn
Composition
c. 1660-1661
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
French · English
Extent
122 passages · 36,351 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of The Gay Science in the Prokopton42.com Library The Gay ScienceFriedrich Nietzsche

Work

The Gay Science

The Gay Science must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

What you will learn
Composition
1882; expanded edition in 1887
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
472 passages · 82,103 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Twilight of the Idols in the Prokopton42.com Library Twilight of the IdolsFriedrich Nietzsche

Work

Twilight of the Idols

Twilight of the Idols must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

What you will learn
Composition
written in 1888; published in 1889
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
147 passages · 18,026 words

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