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This second edition is so different from the first that it may almost be regarded as a new book. The general plan is retained, but the translation has been freely altered throughout, and in Part III. Proposi tions 1 to 11 have been added. Some of the intro ductory matter is new, and the critical and explana tory notes have been greatly multiplied. I have discussed at length in a prefatory note the nature of Spinoza's reasoning and the foundations upon which it rests; and I beg the reader to examine this care fully before proceeding to a study Of the text. It has been my experience that, even to intelligent students, the argument of the Ethics presents serious diffi culties. In my notes I have taken great pains to make the author's meaning plain, and have not hesitated, with this end in view, to repeat the same thought in different places, when, in the interests of clearness, it has seemed Wise to do so. I have, Of course, been somewhat hampered by the necessity Of keeping the size Of the volume within reasonable limits.
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