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History of Philosophy
Second Period -- From Descartes to Kant
by Turner, William (S.T.D.)
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The second period in the history of modern philosophy extends from
Descartes to Kant, that is, from the beginning of the seventeenth
century to the end of the eighteenth. It comprises some of the greatest
modern systems of thought, namely, the philosophies of Descartes,
Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume, the last
forming, as it were, the connecting link with the period of criticism
inaugurated by Kant. The period which we are about to study is one of
dogmatism and empiricism, although it includes, as we shall see, more
than one system of scepticism, partial or complete. It is a period
during which intellectual activity within the Church is confined for
the most part to the domain of theology: philosophy no longer stands to
theology in the close relation in which it had stood during the Middle
Ages, and battles, in which the most vital principles of religion are
involved, are fought outside the Church, and in the domain of
philosophy. This dissociation of philosophy from theology is one of the
characteristics of the period.
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