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On the Improvement of the Understanding
Benedict de Spinoza
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NOTE: In this earlier document Spinoza expresses the development of his thinking and philosophical method and may serve to pave the way to a study of his masterwork The Ethics.

P01(1). Of the ordinary objects of men's desires.
P12(6). Of the true and final good.
P16b(7). Certain rules of life.
P18b(12). Of the four modes of perception.
P25(22). Of the best mode of perception.
P32(32). Of the instruments of the intellect, or true ideas.
P43(38). Answers to objections.
P50(43). First part of method. Distinction of true ideas from fictitious ideas.
P66(54). And from false ideas.
P69(55). Reality of truth.
P77(61). Of doubt.
P81(62). Of memory and forgetfulness.
P88(66). Mental hindrances from words--and confusion of ready imagination with understanding.
P91(68). Second part of method. Its object, the acquisition of clear and distinct ideas.
P92(69). Its means, good definitions. Conditions of definitions.
P99(81). An order which enables us to avoid useless labour.
P106(86). How to define the understanding.

Note: Paragraph numbering PNN(nn) follows Curley with Elwes in parenthesis while paragraph indenting follows Elwes. Breaks not found in Curley indicated with letter suffix.

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