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Late medieval and renaissance philosophy ockham, francis bacon, and the beginning of the modern world volume iv. In volume v, hobbes to hume, i discuss the development of british philosophy from hobbes up to and including the scottish philosophy of common sense. Philosopher christia mercer described a history of philosophy as. However, since its first publication the last volume appearing in the mid1970s the series has become the classic account for all philosophy scholars and students.
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