Meditations
Marcus Aurelius · Ancient · Philosophy
Early Modern · Philosophy
Ethics
by Baruch Spinoza. Written in geometric form, Spinoza identifies God with nature and defines freedom through rational understanding of necessity.
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- Date
- 1677
- Origin
- Dutch Republic
- Era
- Early Modern
- Genre
- Philosophy
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Very challenging
- Length
- Long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
Written in geometric form, Spinoza identifies God with nature and defines freedom through rational understanding of necessity.
This work is included on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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