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A dense paperback of basic writings of seventeenth century philosophers. From Bacon to Leibniz, these men began to explain natural processes in mathematical terms, setting the stage for the coming Enlightenment. Hampshire's excellent introductory passages opens the world and thoughts of these philosophers to modern minds. A trove of original writings.Still, when I first read this--and the other Mentor Philosophers volumes--in the 1960s, it opened a world of thought that I didn't then realize exi...
با توجه به حجم کوتاه کتاب میتونه گزینهی خوبی برای آشنایی با خردگرایان باشه. از نقاط مثبتش گزیدههایی هست که از اصل کتابها آورده.
An absolutely superb anthology of the writings of the major philosophers of the 17th century. This was the century that exploded in scientific and mathematical knowledge that created the modern world. From Galileo’s use of the telescope to explore the heavens and Leeuwenhoek’s invention of the microscope to the Cartesian planes of Renee Descartes and the discovery of the calculus by Leibniz and Newton man was now on his way to a much truer understanding of the natural world. Stuart Hampshire doe...
کتاب تاریخ و زندگی فلاسفه قرن هفدهم رو توضیح میده. از بیکن شروع و به لایب نیتز ختم میشه.کتاب یکی از کتابهای یک مجموعه هست که انتشارات امیرکبیر جاپ کرده مثل همین عصر خرد ، عصر روشنگری و غیره.ازولین در مورد فلسفه س که من خوندم و واقعا روم تاثیر گذاشت.یکی از اولین جملاتی که ناخوداگاه از بر شدم از هابز بود : حقیقت ترتب صحیح اسامی ست از لخاظ حکم و تصدیق ما !
This book may no longer be printed. I got it from a used book store online. It is a nice compilation of the 17th century philosophers' introductions and their own writings.