Download or read book Philosophers Speak for Themselves written by Thomas Vernor Smith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1956-08-15 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern thought and modes of living have been immeasurably influenced by the philosophers of the Enlightenment—men such as Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Newton, Leibniz, and Locke. Gathered together in this book and preceded by valuable biographical sketches are selections from the basic and most significant writings of each of these men.