History of Philosophy: Descartes to LeibnizDiscusses Descartes, Pascal, Malebranche, Spinoza and Leibniz. Deals with the great rationalist systems of philosophy in Europe in the preKantian period. + |
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Page v
... method - The theory of innate ideas - Methodic doubt . III . DESCARTES ( 2 ) Cogito , ergo sum - Thinking and the ... method , its scope and limits " The heart ' - Pascal's method in apologetics - The wretchedness and the greatness of ...
... method - The theory of innate ideas - Methodic doubt . III . DESCARTES ( 2 ) Cogito , ergo sum - Thinking and the ... method , its scope and limits " The heart ' - Pascal's method in apologetics - The wretchedness and the greatness of ...
Page vi
... method - The influence of other philosophies on Spinoza's thought - Interpretations of Spinoza's philosophy . XI . SPINOZA ( 2 ) Substance and its attributes - Infinite modes - The production of finite modes - Mind and body - The ...
... method - The influence of other philosophies on Spinoza's thought - Interpretations of Spinoza's philosophy . XI . SPINOZA ( 2 ) Substance and its attributes - Infinite modes - The production of finite modes - Mind and body - The ...
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... method certainly has its dis- advantages . Faced by a number of different thinkers and by more or less detailed descriptions of their ideas , the reader may fail to grasp the general picture . Further , though I think that the old ...
... method certainly has its dis- advantages . Faced by a number of different thinkers and by more or less detailed descriptions of their ideas , the reader may fail to grasp the general picture . Further , though I think that the old ...
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... method of division which I have chosen I decided to write an introductory chapter designed to give the reader a general picture of the philosophy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . It thus covers the matter discussed in ...
... method of division which I have chosen I decided to write an introductory chapter designed to give the reader a general picture of the philosophy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . It thus covers the matter discussed in ...
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... method to be employed in this process were not the same as that of Francis Bacon . But this does not alter the fact that both Descartes and Leibniz were pro- foundly impressed and influenced by the successful development of the new ...
... method to be employed in this process were not the same as that of Francis Bacon . But this does not alter the fact that both Descartes and Leibniz were pro- foundly impressed and influenced by the successful development of the new ...
Contents
DESCARTES 1 | 63 |
DESCARTES 2 | 90 |
DESCARTES 3 | 116 |
DESCARTES 4 | 124 |
DESCARTES 5 | 139 |
PASCAL | 153 |
LEIBNIZ | 159 |
CARTESIANISM | 174 |
SPINOZA 2 | 214 |
SPINOZA 3 | 230 |
SPINOZA 4 | 238 |
SPINOZA 5 | 252 |
LEIBNIZ 1 | 264 |
LEIBNIZ 2 | 273 |
LEIBNIZ 3 | 295 |
from eternal truthsThe argument from truths of factThe | 320 |
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