倫理学
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- 英語
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この作品を引用
- APAバールーフ・デ・スピノザ. (n.d.). 倫理学. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/baruch-spinoza/ethics
- MLAバールーフ・デ・スピノザ. "倫理学." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/baruch-spinoza/ethics.
- Chicagoバールーフ・デ・スピノザ. 倫理学. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/baruch-spinoza/ethics.
何についての本か
神、精神、感情、自由——完全な体系を幾何学のように論証する。定義、公理、定理が積み重なり、「自由とは必然を理解することである」という思想へ至る。
背景と歴史
スピノザは1675年ごろ『エチカ』を完成させたが、生前の出版は断念した。「神即自然」——神と自然は同一のものである——のスキャンダルは、彼を葬り去っていただろう。書は1677年、死の数か月後に『遺稿集』の一部として世に出て、ほとんど即座に禁書となった。著者はハーグでレンズを磨いて暮らした人であり、二十三歳でアムステルダムのユダヤ人共同体から破門されていた。その破門状の苛烈さは、ついに取り消されることがなかった。一世紀のあいだ「スピノザ主義者」は罵倒の言葉だった。のちにドイツ観念論をはじめ多くの者にとって、あらゆる哲学が己を測るべき山となった。
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I. By that which is self--caused, I mean that of which the essence involves existence, or that of which the nature is only conceivable as existent. II. A thing is called finite after its kind, when it can be limited by another thing of the same nature; for instance, a body is called finite because we always conceive another greater body. So, also, a thought is limited by another thought, but a body is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body. III. By substance, I mean that which is in itself, and is conceived through itself: in other words, that of which a conception can be formed independently of any other conception. IV. By attribute, I mean that which the intellect perceives as constituting the essence of substance. V. By mode, I mean the modifications[1] of substance, or that which exists in, and is conceived through, something other than itself. [1] "Affectiones" VI. By God, I mean a being absolutely infinite--that is, a substance consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality. Explanation--I say absolutely infinite, not infinite after its kind: for, of a thing infinite only after its kind, infinite attributes may be denied; but that which is absolutely infinite, contains in its essence whatever expresses reality, and involves no negation. VII. That thing is called free, which exists solely by the necessity of its own nature, and of which the action is determined by itself alone. On the other hand, that thing is necessary, or rather constrained, which is determined by something external to itself to a fixed and definite method of existence or action. VIII. By eternity, I mean existence itself, in so far as it is conceived necessarily to follow solely from the definition of that which is eternal.…