PAGE references to Gebhardt’s edition Spinoza Opera (4 vols. [Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1925]), will be made in the following form: I/611 = volume I, page 611. Frequently I will use the Gebhardt pagination, including line numbers, to refer to passages in Spinoza’s text, thus II/37/5-9 = volume II, pages 37, lines 5-9. These volume, page, and line numbers are given in the margins of the translation to make it easier to consult the original and to trace references in secondary sources.
I also adopt the following system of short titles and abbreviations, for use whenever it seems preferable not to use the Gebhardt volume, page, and line numbers:
KV = |
Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being = Short Treatise |
TdIE = |
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect = Treatise on the Intellect |
Ep. = |
Letters |
PP = |
Parts I and II of Descartes’ “Principles of Philosophy” = Descartes’ Principles |
CM = |
Appendix Containing Metaphysical Thoughts = Metaphysical Thoughts |
E = |
Ethics |
OP = |
Opera Posthuma |
NS = |
Nagelate Schriften |
A = |
axiom |
D |
(immediately following a roman numeral) = definition |
D |
(immediately following an arabic numeral) = demonstration |
P = |
proposition |
C = |
corollary |
S = |
scholium |
Exp = |
explanation |
So PP ID5 = Descartes’ Principles, Part I, Definition 5. E IP8S2 = Ethics, Part I, proposition 8, scholium 2. KV II, xxv, 1 refers to Part II, chapter xxv, section 1 of the Short Treatise. “TdIE, 101” refers to section 101 of the Treatise on the Intellect. It should be understood that the division of the Short Treatise and the Treatise on the Intellect into sections is the work of later editors (Sigwart and Bruder, respectively).
As for works other than Spinoza’s, I generally refer to the Adam and Tannery edition of Descartes’ works as AT, to Descartes’ Principles of Philosophy as the Principles, and to the Latin translation of his Passions of the Soul as PA. Secondary sources are identified by the author’s name, a number if there is more than one work by the same author in the reference list, a volume number, if necessary, and the page number. The reference list may be found at the back of the book.