![]() Kenny then backtracks to look closely at each of the main areas of philosophical exploration in this period: knowledge and understanding the nature of the physical universe metaphysics (the most fundamental questions there are aboutĮxistence) mind and soul the nature and content of morality political philosophy and God. It is ideal as the first thing to read for someone new to this wonderfully creative period. Kenny first tells the story of modern philosophy chronologically: his lively, accessible narrative brings the philosophers to life and fills in the historical and intellectual background to their work. The great minds we meet include Ren Descartes, traditionally seen as the founder of modern philosophy the great British philosophers Hobbes, Locke, and Hume continental thinkers such as Spinoza, Liebniz, and Hegel and the towering figure of Immanuel Kant, who perhaps more than any other made philosophy what it is today. Kenny introduces us to some of the world's most original and influential thinkers and helps us gain an understanding of their famous works. The Rise of Modern Philosophy captures the fascinating story of the emergence, from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, of the great ideas and intellectual systems that shaped modern thought. ![]() ![]() Sir Anthony Kenny's engaging new multi-volume history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era. ![]()
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