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1、RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyVolumeVEuropeanphilosophyfromthelateseventeenthcenturythroughmostoftheeighteenthisbroadlyconceivedas‘theEnlightenment’,aperiodofreactionagainsttheambitiousmetaphysicalsystemsoftheseventeenth-centuryRationalists.ThisvolumebeginswithHerber
2、tofCherburyandtheCambridgePlatonistsandwithNewtonandtheearlyEnglishEnlightenment.Lockeisakeyfigureinlaterchapters,asaresultofhisimportancebothinthedevelopmentofBritishandIrishphilosophyandbecauseofhisseminalinfluenceintheEnlightenmentasawhole.BritishPhilosophyandth
3、eAgeofEnlightenmentincludesdiscussionoftheScottishEnlightenmentanditsinfluenceontheGermanAufklärung,andconsequentlyonKant.Frenchthought,whichinturnaffectedthelateradicalEnlightenment,especiallyBentham,isalsoconsideredhere.Thissurveybringstogetherclear,authoritative
4、chaptersfromleadingexpertsandprovidesascholarlyintroductiontothisperiodinthehistoryofphilosophy.Itincludesaglossaryoftechnicaltermsandachronologicaltableofimportantpolitical,philosophical,scientificandotherculturalevents.StuartBrownisProfessorofPhilosophyattheOpenU
5、niversity.HehaswrittenextensivelyonseventeenthandeighteenthcenturyphilosophyandistheauthorofabookonLeibniz.Hehaseditedseveralcollections,includingPhilosophersoftheEnlightenment(1979)andNicholasMalebranche:hisPhilosophicalCriticsandSuccessors(1991).RoutledgeHistoryo
6、fPhilosophyGeneralEditors—G.H.R.ParkinsonandS.G.ShankerTheRoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyprovidesachronologicalsurveyofthehistoryofWesternphilosophy,fromitsbeginningsinthesixthcenturyBCtothepresenttime.Itdiscussesallmajorphilosophicaldevelopmentsindepth.Mostspaceisall
7、ocatedtothoseindividualswho,bycommonconsent,areregardedasgreatphilosophers.Butlesserfigureshavenotbeenneglected,andtogetherthetenvolumesoftheHistoryincludebasicandcriticalinformationabouteverysignificantphilosopherofthepastandpresent.Thesephilosophersareclearlysitu
8、atedwithintheculturaland,inparticular,thescientificcontextoftheirtime.TheHistoryisintendednotonlyforthespecialist,butalsoforthestudentandthegener