SOME TEXTS FROM

EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY

Jonathan Bennett, the preparer of these texts, was born in New Zealand in 1930, and educated there and at Oxford University. He holds the Litt. D. degree from the University of Cambridge.

His teaching career was mainly spent at the University of Cambridge (1956-68), Simon Fraser University (1968-70), the University of British Columbia (1970-79), and Syracuse University (1979-97).

Jonathan Bennett and his wife Gillian, wanting to be near their children and grandchildren, settled after retirement in 1997 on Bowen Island, British Columbia. Gillian died by her own hand in August 2014; there is an account of her reasons here. Jonathan continued, at a slower rate, preparing more of these early modern philosophy texts until March 2024.

Jonathan died on March 31, 2024, through Canada’s MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) program.