In a single volume, this anthology provides the major texts of the most studied figures in the history of early
modern philosophy.
Provides the major texts of the most studied figures in the history of early modern philosophy.
Biographies of each of the philosophers precede the readings.
Cottingham Cambridge translation of Descartes' Meditations.
Leibniz's Discourse on Metaphysics.
Revised Leibniz introduction.
Revised Kant introduction.
"Four Antimonies" from the "Dialectic" added to the Kant text.
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Table of Contents
Comparative Historical Chart.
Preface.
1. Descartes.
Introduction. Meditations on First Philosophy.
2. Spinoza.
Introduction. Ethics: Parts I and II.
3. Leibniz.
Introduction. Discourse on Metaphysics.
The Monadology.
4. Locke.
Introduction. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (abridged).
5. Berkeley.
Introduction. Principles of Human Knowledge (abridged). Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous.
6. Hume.
Introduction. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.
