The Great Philosophers
Volume 4: The Age of Reason & Enlightenment
8 volumes · 316 chapters · Published 2 Nov 2026
The first 5 chapters of each volume free
Volumes
Vol 4 of 8Vol 4 · The Age of Reason & Enlightenment
40 chapters, 121–160. The first five are free to read here.
- 121Francisco SuárezFree to read · 20 min#FranciscoSuarez
- 122Giordano BrunoFree to read · 16 min#GiordanoBruno
- 123Francis BaconFree to read · 18 min#FrancisBacon
- 124Mullā ṢadrāFree to read · 19 min#MullaShadra
- 125Hugo GrotiusFree to read · 19 min#HugoGrotius
- 126Thomas HobbesNot in the free sample · 20 min#ThomasHobbes
- 127René DescartesNot in the free sample · 18 min#ReneDescartes
- 128Zera YacobNot in the free sample · 19 min#ZeraYacob
- 129Elisabeth of BohemiaNot in the free sample · 17 min#ElisabethOfBohemia
- 130Wang FuzhiNot in the free sample · 17 min#WangFuzhi
- 131Blaise PascalNot in the free sample · 19 min#BlaisePascal
- 132Margaret CavendishNot in the free sample · 18 min#MargaretCavendish
- 133Anne ConwayNot in the free sample · 20 min#AnneConway
- 134Baruch SpinozaNot in the free sample · 20 min#BaruchSpinoza
- 135John LockeNot in the free sample · 18 min#JohnLocke
- 136Nicolas MalebrancheNot in the free sample · 19 min#NicolasMalebranche
- 137Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizNot in the free sample · 19 min#GottfriedWilhelmLeibniz
- 138Pierre BayleNot in the free sample · 16 min#PierreBayle
- 139Sor Juana Inés de la CruzNot in the free sample · 19 min#SorJuanaInesDeLaCruz
- 140Damaris Cudworth MashamNot in the free sample · 16 min#DamarisMasham
- 141Mary AstellNot in the free sample · 16 min#MaryAstell
- 142Giambattista VicoNot in the free sample · 18 min#GiambattistaVico
- 143Catharine Trotter CockburnNot in the free sample · 18 min#CatharineTrotterCockburn
- 144Christian WolffNot in the free sample · 19 min#ChristianWolff
- 145George BerkeleyNot in the free sample · 17 min#GeorgeBerkeley
- 146MontesquieuNot in the free sample · 18 min#Montesquieu
- 147VoltaireNot in the free sample · 18 min#Voltaire
- 148Anton Wilhelm AmoNot in the free sample · 17 min#AntonWilhelmAmo
- 149Émilie du ChâteletNot in the free sample · 18 min#EmilieDuChatelet
- 150Thomas ReidNot in the free sample · 18 min#ThomasReid
- 151David HumeNot in the free sample · 19 min#DavidHume
- 152Jean-Jacques RousseauNot in the free sample · 20 min#JeanJacquesRousseau
- 153Denis DiderotNot in the free sample · 18 min#DenisDiderot
- 154Adam SmithNot in the free sample · 18 min#AdamSmith
- 155Immanuel KantNot in the free sample · 19 min#ImmanuelKant
- 156Dai ZhenNot in the free sample · 19 min#DaiZhen
- 157Moses MendelssohnNot in the free sample · 17 min#MosesMendelssohn
- 158Edmund BurkeNot in the free sample · 18 min#EdmundBurke
- 159Johann Gottfried HerderNot in the free sample · 18 min#JohannGottfriedHerder
- 160Jeremy BenthamNot in the free sample · 18 min#JeremyBentham
People in this volume
Every person in the book has a hashtag. Tap one to see how I read today's news through them.
- #FranciscoSuarez
- #GiordanoBruno
- #FrancisBacon
- #MullaShadra
- #HugoGrotius
- #ThomasHobbes
- #ReneDescartes
- #ZeraYacob
- #ElisabethOfBohemia
- #WangFuzhi
- #BlaisePascal
- #MargaretCavendish
- #AnneConway
- #BaruchSpinoza
- #JohnLocke
- #NicolasMalebranche
- #GottfriedWilhelmLeibniz
- #PierreBayle
- #SorJuanaInesDeLaCruz
- #DamarisMasham
- #MaryAstell
- #GiambattistaVico
- #CatharineTrotterCockburn
- #ChristianWolff
- #GeorgeBerkeley
- #Montesquieu
- #Voltaire
- #AntonWilhelmAmo
- #EmilieDuChatelet
- #ThomasReid
- #DavidHume
- #JeanJacquesRousseau
- #DenisDiderot
- #AdamSmith
- #ImmanuelKant
- #DaiZhen
- #MosesMendelssohn
- #EdmundBurke
- #JohannGottfriedHerder
- #JeremyBentham
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