The Rationalists

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| name = The Rationalists

| image = The Rationalists.jpg

| author = John Cottingham

| cover_artist = Pierre Louis Dumesnil, Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-89) and her Court

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| series =

| subject = History of Philosophy

| publisher = Oxford University Press

| release_date = 1988

| media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback)

| pages = 244

| isbn = 0-19-289190-1

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The Rationalists is a 1988 book by the philosopher John Cottingham, in which the author offers an overview of the most important exponents of rationalism, namely René Descartes, Baruch Spinoza and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Other thinkers, such as Nicolas Malebranche, are also dealt with.

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Category:1988 non-fiction books

Category:Books by John Cottingham

Category:Contemporary philosophical literature

Category:English-language non-fiction books

Category:English non-fiction books

Category:Oxford University Press books

Category:Books about philosophers

Category:Rationalism

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