The philosophy discussed in this volume covers a period of 350 years, from the middle of the 14th century to the early years of the 18th century: the birth of modern philosophy. The chief topics are Renaissance philosophy and 17th century rationalism - in particular Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz. The volume does not deal with these movements exclusively, but places them within a wider intellectual context. It considers the scholastic thought with which Renaissance philosophy interacted; it also considers the thought of 17th century philosophers such as Bacon, Hobbes and Gassendi, who were...

The papers in this 1982 volume deal with Marx's ideas and the varying constructions put on them by later Marxists.