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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... regard to our consideration of different periods is true also , of course , in regard to different 1 See vol . III , pp . 322-4 . individual thinkers . Historians are beset by the temptation to INTRODUCTION 3.
... regard to our consideration of different periods is true also , of course , in regard to different 1 See vol . III , pp . 322-4 . individual thinkers . Historians are beset by the temptation to INTRODUCTION 3.
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... regard for the great names of the past and for the opinions of Greek and mediaeval thinkers . To say , however , that in the pre - Kantian period of modern philosophy the vernacular came to be employed in place of Latin , that ...
... regard for the great names of the past and for the opinions of Greek and mediaeval thinkers . To say , however , that in the pre - Kantian period of modern philosophy the vernacular came to be employed in place of Latin , that ...
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... regard to theology with a shift of interest from theological themes to a study of man and of Nature without explicit reference to God . And there is , I think , truth in this interpretation , though there is also room for exaggeration ...
... regard to theology with a shift of interest from theological themes to a study of man and of Nature without explicit reference to God . And there is , I think , truth in this interpretation , though there is also room for exaggeration ...
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... regard to authority or to the great names of the past . In France one of Descartes ' main objections against Scholasticism was that it served , in his opinion , only to expound systematically truths already known and that it was ...
... regard to authority or to the great names of the past . In France one of Descartes ' main objections against Scholasticism was that it served , in his opinion , only to expound systematically truths already known and that it was ...
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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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