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Excerpt from The Principles of Descartes Philosophy

This translation, undertaken at the suggestion Of Professor George M. Duncan of Yale University, has been made from the Latin text Of Vloten's and Land's Benedict de S pinoza Opera, 1895. A careful study of this work such as a translator must needs make has convinced me that more attention Should be given to the early writings Of Spinoza for the help they give in understanding his Pantheism. By this means, by seeing how his ideas followed naturally if not always quite logically, from personal factors, and from Des cartes' philosophy, some of the most obscure points in his system of philosophy are materially elucidated and explained. But a historical or genetic study of any subject today needs no apology. The only re markable thing about this is that SO little attention has been given to this method of clearing up the ob scurities of Spinoza's thought.

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Excerpt from The Principles of Descartes Philosophy

In obtaining a better translation for certain passages help has sometimes been found by consulting the standard Histories of Philosophy such as Erdmann's, Kuno Fisher's, and Ueberwig's as well as Torrey's and Veitch's translation of Descartes' works, and Elwes' translation of the earlier works of Spinoza. My thanks are also due to Professor Duncan for his suggestion upon some points, and to Professor C. R. Melcher of Hanover College for reading over a portion of my MSS.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.