Philosophers Speak for Themselves: From Descartes to LockeThomas Vernor Smith, Marjorie Grene University of Chicago Press, 15/08/1956 - 488 páginas Modern thought and modes of living have been immeasurably influenced by the philosophers of the Enlightenment—men such as Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Newton, Leibniz, and Locke. Gathered together in this book and preceded by valuable biographical sketches are selections from the basic and most significant writings of each of these men. |
Índice
Introduction | 1 |
I René Descartes | 12 |
II Thomas Hobbes | 125 |
III Benedictus de Spinoza | 230 |
IV Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | 294 |
V Isaac Newton | 330 |
VI John Locke | 339 |
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