Early Modern Philosophy: An Anthology

by Lisa Shapiro (Editor), Marcy P. Lascano (Editor)

This new anthology of early modern philosophy enriches the possibilities for teaching this period by highlighting not only metaphysics and epistemology, but also new themes such as virtue, equality and difference, education, the passions, and love. It contains the works of forty-three philosophers, including traditionally taught figures such as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant, as well as less familiar writers such as Lord Shaftesbury, Anton Amo, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, and Denis Diderot. It also highlights the contributions of women philosophers, including Margaret Cavendish, Anne Conway, Gabrielle Suchon, Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz, and Emilie Du Châtelet.

Genres: Philosophy

992 pages, Paperback

Published November 5, 2021

Reviews

[shelley :)]

This was hell! (very informative)

[Sam Mayo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mid. Did enjoy reading Sor Juana

[Ethan Zimmerman]

I did not read this in its entirety. But it's an excellent anthology of philosophical pieces from early modernity. It contains the classics but also, notably, is expanded to include the contributions of other important figures of the time (like women) who are often excluded from philosophical history.