The Rationalists


The Rationalists is a 1988 book by the philosopher John Cottingham, in which the author offers an overview of the most important exponents of rationalism, namely René Descartes, Baruch Spinoza and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Other thinkers, such as Nicolas Malebranche, are also dealt with.

Reception

Robert Imlay, of the University of Toronto, found—that for its limited aims and intended audience — the book was a "real tour de force" and thought that it would make the good base to structure an undergraduate course on the rationalists.