Ethics, part 1

Ethics, part 1 (tr Elwes)

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The Ethics [Part I]
(Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata)

by Benedict de Spinoza
Translated by R. H. M. Elwes
May, 1997 [Etext #919]
The Project Gutenberg Etext of The Ethics, by Benedict de Spinoza
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