155. - Quatenus
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2025
Summary
Quatenus is an adverb usually translated into English as “insofar as.” Spinoza uses the term at least 444 times in the Ethics (Lærke 2012, 261). Traditionally, it has been regarded as Spinoza’s contrivance for trying to wriggle out of metaphysical paradoxes generated by his system (Caird 1888, 166; W. James 1909, 47).
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- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 451 - 452Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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