the principles Descartes Geometrical Method at the philosopher Baruch Spinoza

Abstract

In this research paper, we treat the study of the foundations of the engineering method of the philosopher Baruch Spinoza, based on the scientific construction of the method presented in his book Ethics, whose first nucleus was the mathematical method of Ronnie Descartes, as was its beginning with a set of definitions and then axioms, leading to a number of The issues in order to prove them using a mathematical method, and accordingly, the elements that make up the engineering method are: first the definitions, secondly the axioms, and thirdly the proofs. Modern philosophical in that period of the history of philosophical thought. The central problem of this study: What are the foundations on which Spinoza relied in building his engineering method? approach Through a set of definitions and axioms?