Separate sections of this book claim that a thing is more perfect the more active as opposed topassive it is, and that a thing is more real the more perfect it is.
Separate sections of this book claim that a thing is more perfect the more active as opposed topassive it is, and that a thing is more real the more perfect it is. Another section argues that thehuman will is only a necessary and not a free cause of action, as the will is entirely dependent on theexternal will of God. Benevolence, cruelty, and despair are among the forty-eight terms included in adictionary of emotions found in its third part. It uses an example of a man being killed by a fallingstone to argue against (*) miracles, and in its fourth part discusses the tendency of man to be tied down byuncontrolled passions. Its first part defines God as the entirety of existence, leading its author to be accusedof pantheism. For 10 points, name this "geometrically ordered" work which sets out the philosophy ofBaruch Spinoza.
Separate sections of this book claim that a thing is more perfect the more active as opposed topassive it is, and that a thing is more real the more perfect it is.
Ethics Demonstrated in Geometrical Order [or Ethica ordine geometrico demonstrata]