The Rationalists

Descartes: Discourse on Method & Meditations; Spinoza: Ethics; Leibniz: Monadology & Discourse on Metaphysics

Founded in the mid-17th century, Rationalism was  philosophy's first step into the modern era. This  volume contains the essential statements of  Rationalism's three greatest figures: Descartes, who  began it; Spinoza, who epitomized it; and Leibniz,  who gave it its last serious expression.
René Descartes (1596–1650)
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking the Truth in the Sciences (1637)
Meditations of the First Philosophy (1641)

Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677)

The Ethics (1677)

Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz
(1646–1716)
Discourse on Metaphysics (1710)
The Monadology (1716)
Rene Descartes (1596–1650), the French philosopher and mathematician, is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. View titles by Rene Descartes
Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677) was born in Amsterdam, where his orthodox Jewish family had fled to from persecution in Portugal. Expelled from the synagogue for his heterodox philosophy, he identified God with nature and denied the possibility of an act of creation. View titles by Benedict de Spinoza
Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz (1646–1716) was a German philosopher, mathematician, and political adviser, renowned for his work as a metaphysician and as a logician, and distinguished also for his independent invention of differential and integral calculus. View titles by Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz

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Founded in the mid-17th century, Rationalism was  philosophy's first step into the modern era. This  volume contains the essential statements of  Rationalism's three greatest figures: Descartes, who  began it; Spinoza, who epitomized it; and Leibniz,  who gave it its last serious expression.

Table of Contents

René Descartes (1596–1650)
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking the Truth in the Sciences (1637)
Meditations of the First Philosophy (1641)

Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677)

The Ethics (1677)

Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz
(1646–1716)
Discourse on Metaphysics (1710)
The Monadology (1716)

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Rene Descartes (1596–1650), the French philosopher and mathematician, is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. View titles by Rene Descartes
Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677) was born in Amsterdam, where his orthodox Jewish family had fled to from persecution in Portugal. Expelled from the synagogue for his heterodox philosophy, he identified God with nature and denied the possibility of an act of creation. View titles by Benedict de Spinoza
Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz (1646–1716) was a German philosopher, mathematician, and political adviser, renowned for his work as a metaphysician and as a logician, and distinguished also for his independent invention of differential and integral calculus. View titles by Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz