Criticism of Descartes' physical theory of will.
Division of Part 5 of Ethics ....
The government of the passions

The use of moral precepts ....
The love of God .....
The eternity of the mind ....
Aristotelian and Averroist doctrines of immortality ; Gersonide
Sp.'s argument .....
Discussion of his meaning ....
The mind's knowledge "under the form of eternity".
The " intellectual love of God "...
Return to physical aspect : concurrent development of body

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Morality independent of eternity of mind
Virtue its own reward . . ...
Conclusion of the Ethics ....
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THE CITIZEN AND THE STATE



Sp. as publicist belongs to English school

Relation to Hobbes ....
Theory of sovereignty as compared with Hobbes

Sovereignty never absolute

Special revelations not to hold against law

Review of Tractatus Politicus.
Scientific treatment of subject.
General ideas .....
Law of Nature ....
The State and its power

Can the State do wrong t.
Ideal of government ....
Ideal of special forms of government : Monarchy

Aristocracy .....
Federal government ....
Democracy .....
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SPINOZA AND THEOLOGY

Theology and philosophy

Sp.'s personal position

Criticism of theological doctrines in Ethics^ Part

God's action
Things could not have been otherwise
Deity and moral law.
Final causes ....
God as conceived by Sp.
The "infinite understanding".
Personality ....
Sp.'s pantheism
Sp. on historical revelations
The voice from Sinai.
Revelation in general.
Religion and morality.
