{"product_id":"the-rationalists-isbn-9780385095402","title":"The Rationalists","description":"Founded in the mid-17th century, Rationalism was  philosophy's first step into the modern era. This  volume contains the essential statements of  Rationalism's three greatest figures: Descartes, who  began it; Spinoza, who epitomized it; and Leibniz,  who gave it its last serious expression.\u003cb\u003eRené Descartes (1596–1650)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking the Truth in the Sciences \u003c\/i\u003e(1637)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeditations of the First Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (1641)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenedict de Spinoza (1632–1677)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (1677)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1646–1716)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscourse on Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e (1710)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Monadology\u003c\/i\u003e (1716)Rene Descartes (1596-1650), the French philosopher and mathematician, is generally regarded as the founder of modern philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenedict de Spinoza (1632–1677) was born in Amsterdam, where his orthodox Jewish family had fled from persecution in Portugal. Expelled from the synagogue for his heterodox philosophy, he identified God with nature and denied the possibility of an act of creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz (1646 - 1716) German philosopher, mathematician, and political adviser, important both as a metaphysician and as a logician and distinguished also for his independent invention of the differential and integral calculus.","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299769766117,"sku":"NP9780385095402","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385095402.jpg?v=1767741163","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-rationalists-isbn-9780385095402","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}