A collated web index of significant
Historians and Philosophers
Early Modern Period (1500 - 1750)

index

Historians and Philosophers of the Early Modern Period (1500 - 1750):
Niccolo Machiavelli | Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (Erasmus of Rotterdam) | Giordano Bruno | Francis Bacon | René Descartes | Baruch Spinoza (Benedict de Spinoza) | Thomas Hobbes | John Locke | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | Giambattista Vico | Francis Hutcheson

Main Historians and Philosophers page

Historians and Philosophers
- of the Classical Period (until 500 A.D.)
- of the Medieval and Renaissance Period (500 - 1500)
- of the Modern Period (1750 - today)

NOTE: Deceased philosophers and historians are listed chronologically by year of death, whereas living individuals are listed by year of birth.

Name and brief
biographical notes

Major works available on-line,
web pages, etc.

Niccolo Machiavelli
(1469-1527)
Italian statesman and philosopher.
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
(Erasmus of Rotterdam)

(1466-1536)
Dutch theologian and philosopher.
Giordano Bruno
(1548-1600)
Italian philosopher.
    (no links at present)
Francis Bacon
(1561-1626)
English philosopher.
René Descartes
(1596-1650)
French philosopher.
Baruch Spinoza
(Benedict de Spinoza)
(1632-1677)
Dutch philosopher.
Thomas Hobbes
(1588-1679)
English philosopher.
John Locke
(1632-1704)
English philosopher and empiricist.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
(1646-1716)
German philosopher and mathematician.
Giambattista Vico
(1668-1744)
Italian historian and philosopher.
Francis Hutcheson
(1694-1746)
British philosopher.

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Updated: August 10, 1998.

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