The Ethics of Benedict de Spinoza, Translated by George Eliot
Title
The Ethics of Benedict de Spinoza, Translated by George Eliot
Text Read
The Ethics of Benedict de Spinoza, Translated by George Eliot
Author
Spinoza, Benedict de. tr. Marian Evans pseud. George Eliot. ed. Thomas Deegan
Original Source
de Spinoza, Benedict. The Ethics of Benedict de Spinoza, Translated by George Eliot, ed.
Thomas Deegan, lnstitut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik Universitat, Salzburg, Austria, 1981, Print
Digitized by
George Eliot Archive
Publication Date
1981
Date(s) of Reading
- 1854-11-08
- 1854-12-[19]
- 1855-06-13
- 1856-01-06
Evidence
1854-11-08: "Wednesday 8. Began translating Spinoza's Ethics. Wrote to Mrs. Robert Noel to thank her for trying to get me an introduction to Humboldt. Read Wilhelm Meister aloud in the evening." Diary 1854-1861 33
1854-12-[19]: "Tuesday. Scherr. Began Part II of Ethics. Walked into the town and in the Thiergarten. Came in and wrote. In the evening we expected Magnus but he didn't come. I began to read aloud the Wanderjahre. G. read 'As you like it'. Tasso." Diary 1854-1861 39
1855-06-13: "Wednesday 13. Began Part IV of Spinoza's Ethics. Began also to read Cumming for article in Westminster. We are reading in the evenings now, Sydney Smith's letters, Boswell, Whewell's History of lnductive Sciences, the Odyssey and occasionally Heine's Reisebilder. I began the second Book of the Iliad in Greek this morning." Diary 1854-1861 56
1856-01-06: "Began to revise Book IV of Spinoza's Ethics, and continued this work through the week, being able to work but slowly. Finished Kahnis' History of German Protestantism." Diary 1854-1861 58
1854-12-[19]: "Tuesday. Scherr. Began Part II of Ethics. Walked into the town and in the Thiergarten. Came in and wrote. In the evening we expected Magnus but he didn't come. I began to read aloud the Wanderjahre. G. read 'As you like it'. Tasso." Diary 1854-1861 39
1855-06-13: "Wednesday 13. Began Part IV of Spinoza's Ethics. Began also to read Cumming for article in Westminster. We are reading in the evenings now, Sydney Smith's letters, Boswell, Whewell's History of lnductive Sciences, the Odyssey and occasionally Heine's Reisebilder. I began the second Book of the Iliad in Greek this morning." Diary 1854-1861 56
1856-01-06: "Began to revise Book IV of Spinoza's Ethics, and continued this work through the week, being able to work but slowly. Finished Kahnis' History of German Protestantism." Diary 1854-1861 58
Citation
Spinoza, Benedict de. tr. Marian Evans pseud. George Eliot. ed. Thomas Deegan, The Ethics of Benedict de Spinoza, Translated by George Eliot, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57134