| dc.contributor.advisor |
Wright, Kathleen |
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| dc.contributor.advisor |
Allen, Benjamin W. |
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| dc.contributor.advisor |
Macbeth, Danielle |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Islo, Erin |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2012-09-11T15:57:49Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2012-09-11T15:57:49Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2012 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10066/9110 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
This paper considers the Ethics of Baruch Spinoza through three of the most important concepts
presented in the work: essence, knowledge, and blessedness. By thoroughly exploring and reexamining
these concepts and the role they play in Spinoza’s ethical project, it becomes clear
that it is knowledge of the essences of singular things that is key to the life of blessedness. This
exploration is approached from a perspective that intends to unify the metaphysical,
epistemological and moral projects presented in the Ethics. This paper will argue that
knowledge of the essences of singular things involves the relations of finite modes, both insofar
as they actually exist and insofar as they exist sub specie aeternitatis. Therefore, it is not merely
reason and adequate knowledge of eternity that lead the philosopher to blessedness, but
knowledge of finite modes and their relations to one another that constitutes knowledge of the
third kind, viz. scientia intuitiva, the highest good of the Mind. |
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| dc.description.sponsorship |
Haverford College. Dept. of Philosophy |
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| dc.language.iso |
en_US |
en |
| dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ |
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| dc.subject.lcsh |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Ethica |
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| dc.subject.lcsh |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 -- Criticism and interpretation |
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| dc.subject.lcsh |
Ethics |
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| dc.subject.lcsh |
Virtues |
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| dc.title |
In Nature and In God: Spinoza and Blessedness |
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| dc.type |
Thesis (B.A.) |
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