Ethics

This is a reprint of a 19th century translation of Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata by Benedict de Spinoza (Baruch Spinoza 1632-1677) first published in 1677. The translation by William Hale White (1831-1913) first published in 1883 was prepared for publication by Dr. Maja Trochimczyk as the first volume of Moonrise Press's Classic Wisdom Book Series. The book consists of five parts: I. Of God; II. Of The Nature and Origin of the Mind III. Of The Origin and Nature of the Affects; IV. Of Human Bondage or of the Strength of the Affects; And V. Of the Power of the Intellect or Of Human Liberty. Born in a Jewish-Portuguese family in Amsterdam in 1621 at 23 Spinoza was expelled from the Jewish community and is buried in a Christian Nieuwe Kerk The Hague (he died at 44 in 1677). He was neither Jewish nor Christian in his views and from today's perspective may be called one of the early Classics of Awakened Wisdom aware of the intrinsic unity of the Universe with God the Source of all.