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Luminarium

Luminarium: Life of Thomas Hobbes (1588 1679)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a lengthy overview of the life and work of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679 CE). Content includes a focus on Hobbes' "Leviathan" and the personal controversy that followed.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Baruch Spinoza

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers detailed biographical information, a bibliography, and links about rationalist Baruch Spinoza.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Epistemology

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers an in-depth, advanced look at the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of knowledge and truth--epistemology. It gives details about the differences between the Rationalists and the Empiricists on their views,...
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Friesian School

Fresian School: Kant and First Principles

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a good explanation of Kant's famous analytic-synthetic distinction. After explaining it, author critiques Kant's resolution of the problem of first principles.