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Link Classics in western philosophy

Full course with lecture notes, assignments etc.. It introduces Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume and Kant, and explores problems relating to mind...

Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Mind, Soul, God, Knowledge, ethics, Good life view
Document Coursework 1, Knowledge

Coursework sheet that accompanies the reading for the second meeting.

Rationalism, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz view
Document Coursework 2, Ideas

Coursework sheet that accompanies the reading for the third meeting.

Rationalism, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz view
Document Coursework 3, Substance

Coursework sheet that accompanies the reading for the fourth meeting.

Rationalism, Descartes, Leibniz view
Document Coursework 4, God

Coursework sheet that accompanies the reading for the fifth meeting.

Rationalism, Descartes, Spinoza view
Document Coursework 5, Mind and Body

Coursework sheet that accompanies the reading for the sixth meeting.

Rationalism, Descartes, Leibniz view
Document Coursework 6, Freedom

Coursework sheet that accompanies the reading for the seventh meeting.

Rationalism, Descartes, Leibniz view
Document Coursework 7, Ethics

Coursework sheet that accompanies the reading for the eight meeting.

Rationalism, Descartes, Spinoza view
Link Descartes's Ethics

Encyclopedia entry by D. Rutherford (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2008)

Rationalism, Descartes view
Document Handout 1, Biographical Overview

Selective and brief biographical overview of the period between 1596 and 1716. The lives of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz.

Rationalism, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz view
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