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what should one read before this?

>> No.19081832
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>>19081829
pbuh

>> No.19081833

the wikipedia page for it

>> No.19081840

>>19081829
Not before, but you should have in hand Beth Lord's commentary as you read along. Very good analysis, and explicates each of Spinoza's line succinctly.

>> No.19081853

>>19081840
Is it that hard in terms of comprehension? Sounds like it's the author who doesn't know how to write for shit

>> No.19081893

>>19081829
If you understand the definitions sections, you should be able to understand it without any further reading. If you don't, The Republic, Nicomachean Ethics, Anselm's ontological arguement, and Descartes' Meditations should do the trick, maybe with some kind of secondary explanation to make sure you get the concept of "substance," "essence," and "adequate ideas."

>> No.19081907

>>19081853
it’s basically structured like a Euclidean mathematical treatise. some people can intuitively read it though

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>>19081829
I want to see inside her.

>> No.19082284

Meditations on First Philosophy
And then after you're done with the Ethics, read Leibniz's Discourse on Metaphysics