The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza, 2 vols.
A 2 volume collection of Spinoza’s most important works. Vol. 1 contains the Theologico-Political Treatise and the posthumous Political Treatise. Vol. 2 contains On Improvement of Understanding, Ethicas, and Letters.
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- Author: Benedict de Spinoza
- Translator: Robert Harvey Monro Elwes
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The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza, translated from the Latin, with an Introduction by R.H.M. Elwes. Revised edition (London: George Bell and Sons, 1891). 2 vols.
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The text is in the public domain.
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