The Rationalists: Descartes: Discourse on Method & Meditations; Spinoza: Ethics; Leibniz: Monadology & Discourse on Metaphysics

Rene Descartes/ Benedict de Spinoza/ Gottfried Wilhelm Vo Leibniz

ISBN 10: 0385095406 / ISBN 13: 9780385095402

Published by Doubleday, 1960

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reprint of the 1929 edition edition. 480 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rationalists: Descartes: Discourse on Method & Meditations; Spinoza: Ethics; Leibniz: Monadology & Discourse on Metaphysics
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 1960
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385095406
• ISBN 13: 9780385095402
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

Founded in the mid-17th century, Rationalism was  philosophy's first step into the modern era. This  volume contains the essential statements of  Rationalism's three greatest figures: Descartes, who  began it; Spinoza, who epitomized it; and Leibniz,  who gave it its last serious expression.

About the Author

Rene Descartes (1596-1650), the French philosopher and mathematician, is generally regarded as the founder of modern philosophy.

Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677) was born in Amsterdam, where his orthodox Jewish family had fled from persecution in Portugal. Expelled from the synagogue for his heterodox philosophy, he identified God with nature and denied the possibility of an act of creation.

Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz (1646 - 1716) German philosopher, mathematician, and political adviser, important both as a metaphysician and as a logician and distinguished also for his independent invention of the differential and integral calculus.