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Chargement... The Rationalists: Descartes: Discourse on Method & Meditations; Spinoza: Ethics; Leibniz: Monadology & Discourse on Metaphysicspar René Descartes, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, Benedict De Spinoza
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Founded in the mid-17th century, Rationalism wasnbsp;nbsp;philosophy's first step into the modern era. Thisnbsp;nbsp;volume contains the essential statements ofnbsp;nbsp;Rationalism's three greatest figures: Descartes, whonbsp;nbsp;began it; Spinoza, who epitomized it; and Leibniz,nbsp;nbsp;who gave it its last serious expression. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Descartes’s writing tries to strip away all the nonessential from philosophy. If it isn’t absolute and eternal, then it isn’t true knowledge. Using reason alone, one can understand the universe. Even sense experiences aren’t absolute. His famous “cogito ergo sum” is a corollary showing that self-recognition isn’t something that is sensed, but rather reasoned, and being is absolutely true. Spinoza carries the rational baton a little further and tries to combine mathematical axioms and geometrical theorems into both philosophy and psychology. While Spinoza is often times dense and even purposefully obtuse, his propositions on emotions and human thinking are an interesting look at a proto-psychological science. Lastly, Leibniz’s works tries to both fundamentally break down human thought and the physical universe.
These three philosophers, separated from us by hundreds of years, give us an interesting look at humanity entering a new era of thought. They tried to desperately to understand their world and wanted to start from scratch. For those wondering, Descartes is most approachable of the three, and Spinoza’s work can be impenetrable at times, so you have to muscle through it. All in all, these works are intriguing and shed a little light on our philosophical heritage as modern thinkers. A deep and intellectual read. ( )