Monday, October 19, 2009

17th Century Philosophy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century_philosophy

The Age of Reason or Age of Rationalism. In western philosophy, 17th century is considered the start of modern philosophy with the work of René Descartes.

Two schools of thought: the rationalists and the empiricists.

Three main rationalists: René Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, and Gottfried Leibniz. Building upon their English predecessor Francis Bacon.

Three main empiricists: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and George Berkeley.

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Reading List

  • Alain de Botton: The Consolations of Philosophy
  • Alec Wilkinson: The Happiest Man in the World
  • Bhagavad Gita As It Is
  • Daniel C Dennett: Breaking the Spell
  • Daniel C Dennett: Consciousness Explained
  • Daniel C Dennett: Darwin's Dangerous Idea
  • Daniel C Dennett: Freedom Evolves
  • David Weeks: Eccentrics
  • Edward O. Wilson: On Human Nature
  • Friedrich Schiller: Essays (The German Library)
  • G. I. Gurdijieff: Life Is Real Only Then, When "I Am"
  • Hil Washburn, ed: The Many Faces of Wisdom
  • John Kekes: The Art of Life
  • John Strohmeier: Divine Harmony (Pythagoras)
  • Matthew Stewart: The Truth about Everything
  • Michel Foucault: Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth
  • Michel Foucault: The Hermeneutics of the Subject
  • Michel Waldberg: Gurdjieff: An Approach to His Ideas
  • Osho: The Book of Understanding
  • Osho: The Book of Wisdom
  • P. D. Ouspensky: In Search of the Miraculous
  • P. D. Ouspensky: The Fourth Way
  • Paul C. Vitz: Faith of the Fatherless
  • Pierre Hadot: What Is Ancient Philosophy (tr: Michael Chase)
  • Robert Wright: Nonzero: the Logic of Human Destiny
  • Robert Wright: The Evolution of God
  • Robert Wright: The Moral Animal
  • Seneca: Dialogues and Essays
  • Seneca: Letters from a Stoic
  • The Upanishads
  • Xenophon: A History of My Time

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