The Age of Enlightenment [RARE BOOKS]

MAN and NATURE

In this stimulating volume, Isaiah Berlin, a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, lucidly and succinctly presents com- mentaries on and selections from the basic writings of the brilliant philosophers Berkeley, Locke, Hume and others- men who believed that science’s achievements in the ma- terial world could be translated into philosophical terms.

The challenging ideas of these great thinkers-and their equally great critics-remain the classical foundation of lib- eral humanism and rationalism in the West, so unparalleled for their lucidity, courage, hatred of darkness, and love of truth that the they are of vital interest to men and women today.

The Mentor Philosophers Series

The concepts of the great philosophers since the Middle Ages are being presented in a distinguished new series of inexpensive paperbound books, The Mentor Philosophers. In six brilliant volumes, being made available over a two year period, eminent scholars trace the development of thought from medieval times to the present. Each book con- tains selections from the basic writings of the influential philosophers of the Western world, linked by commentaries and interpretations by the noted editors. The Age of Belief, edited by Anne Fremantle, The Age of Reason, edited by Stuart Hampshire, and The Age of Analysis, edited by Morton White, are already published.

“… no philosophical series so distinguished in technical competence has yet appeared in America at an outlay so economical.” -Professor T. V. Smith, Syracuse University