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Radical enlightenment  philosophy and the making of modernity 1650-1750 / Jonathan I. Israel.

The early modern subject : self-consciousness and personal identity from Descartes to Hume / Udo Thiel.

Twentieth-century Continental philosophy / edited by Richard Kearney.

The Rise of modern philosophy : the tension between the new and traditional philosophies from Machiavelli to Leibniz / edited by Tom Sorell.

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Radical enlightenment philosophy and the making of modernity 1650-1750 / Jonathan I. Israel.

The early modern subject : self-consciousness and personal identity from Descartes to Hume / Udo Thiel.

Twentieth-century Continental philosophy / edited by Richard Kearney.

The Rise of modern philosophy : the tension between the new and traditional philosophies from Machiavelli to Leibniz / edited by Tom Sorell.