Professor Jonathan Bennett FBA

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Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
1991
Year of death
2024
Subjects
Philosophy
Sections
Philosophy

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.

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Syracuse University Formerly Professor of Philosophy

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