01737cam a22003373u 4500 1016 UtSlPG 20260610133039.0 m cr n 260607r1997||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 B Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 On the Improvement of the Understanding Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1997 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractatus_de_Intellectus_Emendatione Release date is 1997-08-01 Produced by an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer. HTML version by Al Haines. "On the Improvement of the Understanding" by Benedictus de Spinoza is an unfinished philosophical treatise written in the seventeenth century and published posthumously in 1677. Spinoza seeks to formulate a method that would allow the mind to form clear and distinct ideas necessary for its perfection. He examines different kinds of knowledge, explores the nature of doubt, and discusses perception, memory, and intelligence. His approach uniquely connects knowledge with life itself, viewing ideas as active forces rather than static pictures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Philosophy and religion Free thought Elwes, R. H. M. (Robert Harvey Monro), 1853-1892 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1016 43135 43135