The Rationalists: Descartes: Discourse on Method & Meditations; Spinoza: Ethics; Leibniz: Monadology & Discourse on MetaphysicsAuthor Contributor(s): Descartes, Rene; Spinoza, Benedict de; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Vo Publisher: Anchor Date: 8 23 1960 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Founded in the mid 17th century, Rationalism was philosophy's first step into the modern era. This volume contains the essential statements of Rationalism's three greatest figures: Descartes, who began it; Spinoza, who epitomized it; and Leibniz, who gave it its last serious expression.