ABSTRACT

Esteemed for providing the best available translations, Philosophic Classics: Modern Philosophy, features complete works or complete sections of the most important works by the major thinkers, as well as shorter samples from transitional thinkers. First published in 1961, Forrest E. Baird's revision of Philosophic Classics continues the tradition of providing generations of students with high quality course material. Using the complete works, or where appropriate, complete sections of works, this anthology allows philosophers to speak directly to students.

chapter |8 pages

Francis Bacon

1561—1626

chapter |48 pages

René Descartes

1596-1650

chapter |40 pages

Thomas Hobbes

1588-1679

chapter |12 pages

Blaise Pascal

1623-1662

chapter |54 pages

Baruch Spinoza

1632-1677

chapter |10 pages

Nicolas Malebranche

1638-1715

chapter |76 pages

John Locke

1632-1704

chapter |48 pages

Gottfried Leibniz

1646-1716

chapter |54 pages

George Berkeley

1685—1753

chapter |8 pages

William Paley

1743—1805

chapter |136 pages

David Hume

1711—1776

chapter |12 pages

Thomas Reid

1710-1796

chapter |12 pages

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1712-1778

chapter |140 pages

Immanuel Kant

1724-1804