In Ethics, Spinoza addresses the most fundamental perennial philosophical questions concerning the nature of God, human beings and a good life. His startling answers synthesize the longstanding traditions of ancient Greek and Jewish philosophy with the developments of the emerging scientific revolution. The resulting philosophical system casts out the willing, personal God of Abrahamic religions and takes up the challenge of reconceiving the natural world and human beings in an entirely secular way.Translated by Edwin Curley.Contents:I. Of GodII. Of the Nature and Origin of the MindIII. Of the Origin and Nature of the AffectsIV. Of Human Bondage, or the Powers of the AffectsV. Of the Power of the Intellect, or on Human Freedom