Learning from Six Philosophers

This illuminating work explores six great thinkers of the early modern period: Descartes Spinoza Leibniz Locke Berkeley and Hume. While not neglecting the historical setting of each its focus is on the words they wrote. As in all of Bennett''s works it addresses philosophy as philosophy not as museum exhibit and it offers a close and demanding attention to textual details. For newcomers to the early modern scene this clearly written work is an excellent introduction and for those already in the know it provides tools to argue with the great philosophers of the past treating them as colleagues antagonists students and teachers.