Description: The Rationalists provides a balanced overview of those associated with the rationalist movement, presenting a sharper depiction of their intellectual contexts and sources. Topics range from theodicy and early modern music theory to Spinoza's anti-humanism.
Review Quotes:
From the reviews:
"This volume opens with a brief, but powerful essay by the editors ... and a very welcome one. The aim of the volume ... is to recognize and advance developments in our understanding of the ways in which the study of the history of philosophy can be pursued. ... provides considerable reason to hope that we can build on the new insights ... and arrive at a perspective from which we can better evaluate not only the PSR, but also rationalism itself." (Michael Della Rocca, Philosophy in Review, Vol. XXXII (5), 2012)