Humanism and early modern philosophy

"This original and timely collection of essays examines the key role played by Renaissance humanism in the development of early modern philosophy. Focusing on individual thinkers, such as Bacon, Descartes and Leibniz, as well as intellectual trends, the essays in Humanism and Early Modern Philosophy show us that the humanist movement was an essential part of the philosophy of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries."--Jacket.