Professor Jonathan Bennett FBA
- Fellow type
- International Fellow
- Year elected
- 1991
- Year of death
- 2024
- Subjects
- Philosophy
- Sections
- Philosophy
- Website
- http://www.earlymoderntexts.com
Summary
Author of five books on early modern philosophy and five on other philosophical topics. Since retiring from teaching in 1997, he was mainly occupied in preparing student-readable versions of early modern classics published online.
Last post
Syracuse University Formerly Professor of Philosophy
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