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1、RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyVolumeIVThephilosophydiscussedinthisvolumecoversaperiodofthreehundredandfiftyyears,fromthemiddleofthefourteenthcenturytotheearlyyearsoftheeighteenthcentury:thebirthofmodernphilosophy.ThechieftopicsareRenaissancephilosophyandseventeenth-centuryrationalism—
2、inparticularDescartes,SpinozaandLeibniz.Thevolumedoesnotdealwiththesemovementsexclusively,butplacesthemwithinawiderintellectualcontext.ItconsidersthescholasticthoughtwithwhichRenaissancephilosophyinteracted;italsoconsidersthethoughtofseventeenth-centuryphilosopherssuchasBacon,Hobbes
3、andGassendi,whowerenotrationalistsbutwhosethoughtelicitedresponsesfromtherationalists.Itconsiders,too,theimportanttopicoftheriseofmodernscienceinthesixteenthandseventeenthcenturies,anditsrelationstothephilosophyoftheperiod.Thisvolumeprovidesabroad,scholarlyintroductiontothisperiodfo
4、rstudentsofphilosophyandrelateddisciplines,aswellassomeoriginalinterpretationsoftheseauthors.Itincludesaglossaryoftechnicaltermsandachronologicaltableofphilosophical,scientificandotherculturalevents.G.H.R.ParkinsonisEmeritusProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofReading.Hisnumerousbooksi
5、ncludeworksonSpinoza,Leibniz,WittgensteinandLukács;heisalsotheGeneralEditorofAnEncyclopaediaofPhilosophy(Routledge,1988).RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyGeneraleditors—G.H.R.ParkinsonandS.G.ShankerTheRoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyprovidesachronologicalsurveyofthehistoryofWesternphilosophy
6、,fromitsbeginningsinthesixthcenturyBCtothepresenttime.Itdiscussesallmajorphilosophicaldevelopmentsindepth.Mostspaceisallocatedtothoseindividualswho,bycommonconsent,areregardedasgreatphilosophers.Butlesserfigureshavenotbeenneglected,andtogetherthetenvolumesoftheHistoryincludebasicand
7、criticalinformationabouteverysignificantphilosopherofthepastandpresent.Thesephilosophersareclearlysituatedwithintheculturaland,inparticular,thescientificcontextoftheirtime.TheHistoryisintendednotonlyforthespecialist,butalsoforthestudentandthegeneralreader.Eachchapterisbyanacknowledg
8、edauthorityinthefie
