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Ignorantia non est argumentum

"Ignorantia non est argumentum." Translation: "Ignorance is no argument." Source: Ethica ordine geometrico demonstrata et in quinque parses distincta, Part 1, Addendum; Amsterdam, 1677.

I have not found this particular quote in any paragraph of part 1 in Ethics. I have seen it on the internet more often (even on the BBC Web site), but it seems to me that it is not an actual quote, but rather an idea of Spinoza put in a quick "tag-line"

The closest I could find was:

"We must not omit to notice that the followers of this doctrine, anxious to display their talent in assigning final causes, have imported a new method of argument in proof of their theory--namely, a reduction, not to the impossible, but to ignorance; thus showing that they have no other method of exhibiting their doctrine."

Source: Ethics by Benedict de Spinoza (1677) Translated from the Latin by R.H.M. Elwes (1883) MTSU Philosophy WebWorks Hypertext Edition

Mcmvanbree 20:08, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

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