Spinoza on Human and Divine Knowledge

Part V of Spinoza's Ethics: Intuitive knowledge, contentment of mind, and intellectual love of God

“…For a classic discussion, seeGueroult (1974). For more recent discussion of the common notions and adequate ideas of properties of things, see LeBuffe (2017),Sangiacomo (2019), andRenz and Hutchins (2021).14 I present one interpretation of this cryptic phrase below. I will also return to the issue of whether scientia intuitiva proceeds from a common notion.15 De Nagelate Shriften van B.D.S.…”

“…For a classic discussion, see Gueroult (1974). For more recent discussion of the common notions and adequate ideas of properties of things, see LeBuffe (2017), Sangiacomo (2019), and Renz and Hutchins (2021).…”