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Part V of Spinoza's Ethics

Intuitive knowledge, contentment of mind, and intellectual love of God

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ID4079959
AuthorsKristin Primus (0000-0003-4184-6371, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume17
Issue6
Publication date2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophy Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/phc3.12838
OpenAlexW4280578468
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited44

In this article, I sketch a way of understanding three important doctrines from Spinoza's Ethics: intuitive knowledge (scientia intuitiva), contentment of mind (acquiescentia mentis), and intellectual love of God (amor Dei intellectualis). Along the way, I suggest how these doctrines could build on more familiar doctrines, including monism, necessitarianism, the parallelism of ideas and bodies, and the "ideas of ideas

Contentment · Epistemology · Expressivism · Monism · Sketch · Computer Science · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought · Social Psychology · War, Ethics, and Justification

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Unique citing works4
Citations per year1
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4

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