Ethics
Benedict de Spinoza
62 chapters · 11 h 54 min · English
Read by Leni, Doctor_wu, Bill Mosley, I M CLIFFORD, Ernst Pattynama, Nicholas James Bridgewater and others
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The Ethics is a philosophical book written by Baruch Spinoza. It was written in Latin. Although it was published posthumously in 1677, it is his most famous work, and is considered his magnum opus. In The Ethics, Spinoza attempts to demonstrate a "fully cohesive philosophical system that strives to provide a coherent picture of reality and to comprehend the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding -- moving from a consideration of the eternal, to speculate upon humanity's place in the natural order, freedom, and the path to attainable happiness."(Wikipedia)
Chapters
1 1-01-Part 1, Definitions and Axioms 5 min 2 1-02-Part 1, Propositions 1 to 5 4 min 3 1-03-Part I, Propositions 6 to 10 13 min 4 1-04-Part I, Propositions 11 to 15 23 min 5 1-05-Part I, Propositions 16 to 20 13 min 6 1-06-Part I, Propositions 21 to 25 12 min 7 1-07-Part I, Propositions 26 to 30 8 min 8 1-08-Part I, Propositions 31 to 36 19 min 9 1-09-Part I, Appendix 22 min 10 2-01-Part II, Definitions and Axioms 6 min 11 2-02-Part II, Propositions 1 to 5 10 min 12 2-03-Part II, Propositions 6 to 10 17 min 13 2-04-Part II, Propositions 11 to 15 28 min 14 2-05-Part II, Propositions 16 to 20 12 min 15 2-06-Part II, Propositions 21 to 25 8 min 16 2-07-Part II, Propositions 26 to 30 10 min 17 2-08-Part II, Propositions 31 to 35 7 min 18 2-09-Part II, Propositions 36 to 40 15 min 19 2-10-Part II, Propositions 41 to 45 16 min 20 2-11-Part II, Propositions 46 to 49 28 min 21 3-01-Part III, Definitions and Postulates 7 min 22 3-02-Part III, Propositions 1 to 5 17 min 23 3-03-Part III, Propositions 6 to 10 7 min 24 3-04-Part III, Propositions 11 to 15 10 min 25 3-05-Part III, Propositions 16 to 20 10 min 26 3-06-Part III, Propositions 21 to 25 8 min 27 3-07-Part III, Propositions 26 to 30 11 min 28 3-08-Part III, Propositions 31 to 35 10 min 29 3-09-Part III, Propositions 36 to 40 11 min 30 3-10-Part III, Propositions 41 to 45 8 min 31 3-11-Part III, Propositions 46 to 50 6 min 32 3-12-Part III, Propositions 51 to 55 15 min 33 3-13-Part III, Propositions 56 to 59 15 min 34 3-14-Part III, Definitions of the Emotions 17 min 35 3-15-Part III, Definitions of the Emotions (continued) 22 min 36 4-01-Part IV, Preface, Definitions and Axiom 12 min 37 4-02-Part IV, Propositions 1 to 5 9 min 38 4-03-Part IV, Propositions 6 to 10 9 min 39 4-04-Part IV, Propositions 11 to 15 7 min 40 4-05-Part IV, Propositions 16 to 20 11 min 41 4-06-Part IV, Propositions 21 to 25 5 min 42 4-07-Part IV, Propositions 26 to 30 7 min 43 4-08-Part IV, Propositions 31 to 35 13 min 44 4-09-Part IV, Propositions 36 to 40 19 min 45 4-10-Part IV, Propositions 41 to 45 10 min 46 4-11-Part IV, Propositions 46 to 50 7 min 47 4-12-Part IV, Propositions 51 to 55 7 min 48 4-13-Part IV, Propositions 56 to 60 16 min 49 4-14-Part IV, Propositions 61 to 65 10 min 50 4-15-Part IV, Propositions 66 to 70 10 min 51 4-16-Part IV, Propositions 71 to 73 6 min 52 4-17-Part IV, Appendix 20 min 53 5-01-Part V, Preface and Axioms 9 min 54 5-02-Part V, Propositions 1 to 5 9 min 55 5-03-Part V, Propositions 6 to 10 13 min 56 5-04-Part V, Propositions 11 to 15 4 min 57 5-05-Part V, Propositions 16 to 20 12 min 58 5-06-Part V, Propositions 21 to 25 6 min 59 5-07-Part V, Propositions 26 to 30 6 min 60 5-08-Part V, Propositions 31 to 35 7 min 61 5-09-Part V, Propositions 36 to 40 14 min 62 5-10-Part V, Propositions 41 to 42 7 min