Places in their proper historical setting the numerous philosophical systems of Middle Ages and traces their mutual doctrinal relations.

Discusses Descartes, Pascal, Malebranche, Spinoza and Leibniz. Deals with the great rationalist systems of philosophy in Europe in the pre-Kantian period.

Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, first created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. Ho