E-LOGOS 2003, 10(1):1-14

Significance of Substance-God Difference in Spinoza's Ethics I

Jakub Jirsa
Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Czech Republic

Keywords: Spinoza - conatus - ethics - ontology - God - substance

Following paper argues for such a reading of first two books of Spionoza's Ethics that would better correspond to the last two books, namely connecting the ontological views with the ethical accounts. As a mean serves the notion of conatus, which I understand as a bridge between Spinoza's ontology and ethic. If we understand conatus in its active meaning of in suo esse perseverare, than we can better show the unity of Spinoza's Ethics and moreover explain why is his ontological account needed for interpreting his moral philosophy and ethics.

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