The Ethics: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Ethics, credited to Spinoza, Benedict de, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Ethics, by Benedict de Spinoza. The Ethics is a philosophical book written by Baruch Spinoza. It was written in Latin. Although it was published posthumously in 1677, it is his most famous work, and is considered his magnum opus. In The Ethics, Spinoza attempts to demonstrate a "fully cohesive philosophical system that strives to provide a coherent picture of reality and to comprehend the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding -- moving from a consideration of the eternal, to speculate upon humanity's place in the natural order, freedom, and the path to attainable happiness."(Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Ethics
• Author credits: Spinoza, Benedict de
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 62
• Listed recording duration: 11:54:28

Catalogue topics

• Philosophy
• Ethics
• Spinoza
• God
• emotions
• logic
• mind

Opening tracks: first 24 of 62

1. 1-01-Part 1, Definitions and Axioms — 5:22
2. 1-02-Part 1, Propositions 1 to 5 — 4:03
3. 1-03-Part I, Propositions 6 to 10 — 12:37
4. 1-04-Part I, Propositions 11 to 15 — 23:13
5. 1-05-Part I, Propositions 16 to 20 — 13:15
6. 1-06-Part I, Propositions 21 to 25 — 11:45
7. 1-07-Part I, Propositions 26 to 30 — 8:14
8. 1-08-Part I, Propositions 31 to 36 — 19:00
9. 1-09-Part I, Appendix — 21:33
10. 2-01-Part II, Definitions and Axioms — 5:42
11. 2-02-Part II, Propositions 1 to 5 — 9:54
12. 2-03-Part II, Propositions 6 to 10 — 17:15
13. 2-04-Part II, Propositions 11 to 15 — 28:09
14. 2-05-Part II, Propositions 16 to 20 — 11:57
15. 2-06-Part II, Propositions 21 to 25 — 8:03
16. 2-07-Part II, Propositions 26 to 30 — 9:32
17. 2-08-Part II, Propositions 31 to 35 — 6:57
18. 2-09-Part II, Propositions 36 to 40 — 14:52
19. 2-10-Part II, Propositions 41 to 45 — 15:40
20. 2-11-Part II, Propositions 46 to 49 — 28:15
21. 3-01-Part III, Definitions and Postulates — 6:59
22. 3-02-Part III, Propositions 1 to 5 — 17:13
23. 3-03-Part III, Propositions 6 to 10 — 6:49
24. 3-04-Part III, Propositions 11 to 15 — 10:31

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