ABSTRACT

This fourth volume traces the history of Renaissance philosophy and seventeenth century rationalism, covering Descartes and the birth of modern philosophy.

chapter |15 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|54 pages

The philosophy of the Italian Renaissance

chapter Chapter 2|34 pages

Renaissance philosophy outside Italy

chapter Chapter 5|34 pages

Descartes: methodology

chapter Chapter 8|40 pages

Spinoza: metaphysics and knowledge

chapter Chapter 9|36 pages

The moral and political philosophy of Spinoza

chapter Chapter 10|35 pages

Occasionalism

chapter Chapter 11|40 pages

Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics