Abbreviations and Citations

Editions of Spinoza’s Works

C		Curley, Edwin. The Collected Works of Spinoza. 2 vols (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985 and 2016). So, “C I 371, l. 22” means the twenty-second line of the 371st page of the first volume of Curley’s The Collected Works of Spinoza.
G		Gebhardt, Carl. Spinoza opera. 4 vols (Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1925). So, “G IV 117, l. 1” means the first line of the 117th page of the fourth volume of Gebhardt’s Spinoza opera.

Unless otherwise indicated, all English-language translations of Spinoza are taken from Curley’s The Collected Works of Spinoza.

The Ethics

Citations from Spinoza’s Ethics [Ethica] use the following abbreviations:

a		axiom
app		appendix
c		corollary
d		definition (when not following a proposition number)
d		demonstration (when following a proposition number)
da		definition of the affects (located at the end of Ethics part 3)
ex		explanation
le		lemma (located after Ethics 2p13)
p		proposition
po		postulate
pr		preface
s		scholium

So, “E1p33s2” means the second scholium of proposition thirty-three of the first part of the Ethics, and “E2p43d” means the demonstration of the forty-third proposition of the second part of the Ethics.

Other Works by Spinoza

CGLH—Compendium of Hebrew Grammar [Compendium Grammatices Linguae Hebraeae]

CM—Metaphysical Thoughts [Cogitata Metaphysica]

DPP—Descartes’ Principles of Philosophy [Renati des Cartes Principiorum Philosophiae Pars I & II]

Ep.—Letters [Epistolae]

KV—Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being [Korte Verhandeling van God, de Mensch en des zelfs Welstand]

TIE—Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect [Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione]

TP—Political Treatise [Tractatus Politicus]

TTP—Theological-Political Treatise [Tractatus Theologico-Politicus]

Citations of the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect are by the paragraph number introduced originally in Bruder’s edition (1843–1846, Leipzig) of Spinoza’s works. So, “TIE, §40” means the fortieth paragraph of the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect.

Citations of the Political Treatise and the Theological-Political Treatise are by chapter number, then by paragraph number, again following the Bruder edition. So, “TTP, ch. iv, §4” means the fourth paragraph of the fourth chapter of the Theological-Political Treatise, and “TP, ch. ii, §3” means the third paragraph of the second chapter of the Political Treatise.

Citations of the Metaphysical Thoughts and the Short Treatise are by part, then by chapter, then by paragraph number, again following the Bruder edition. So, “KV, II, ch. v, §6” means the sixth paragraph of the fifth chapter of the second part of the Short Treatise, and “CM I, ch. i, §1” means the first paragraph of the first chapter of the first part of the Metaphysical Thoughts.

Editions of Descartes’ Works

CSM(K)		Cottingham, John, Stoothoff, Robert, and Murdoch, Dugald (and Kenny, Anthony, for vol. 3 only). The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, 3 vols (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984, 1985, and 1991). So, “CSMK III 52” means the fifty-second page of the third volume of Cottingham, Stoothoff, Murdoch, and Kenny’s The Philosophical Writings of Descartes.
AT		Adam, Charles and Tannery, Paul. Œuvres de Descartes, 13 vols (Paris: Vrin, 1996 revised centennial edn). So, “AT III 692 23” means line twenty-three of the 692nd page of the third volume of Adam and Tannery’s Œuvres de Descartes.

Editions of Leibniz’s Works

A		Sämtliche Schriften und Briefe, ed. Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1923–). References include series, volume, and page. So, “A VI.4.1394” means series 6, volume 4, page 1394.
AG		Philosophical Essays, ed. Roger Ariew and Daniel Garber (Indianapolis: Hackett, 1989).
GP		Die philosophischen Schriften, ed. K. I. Gerhardt, 7 vols (Berlin: Weidmann, 1875–1890).
L		Philosophical Papers and Letters, ed. Leroy E. Loemker, 2nd edn (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1976).
LC		Leibniz’s letters to Samuel Clarke. From G VII, 352–420, cited by letter (L is for letters by Leibniz and C is for letters by Clarke) and section number. So, “LC L 5.2” means Leibniz–Clarke correspondence, Leibniz’s fifth letter, section 2. Clarke’s translation is reprinted in The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence, ed. H. G. Alexander (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1956).

Further references are given in the Bibliography.