The Great Philosophers
Volume 3: The Medieval Synthesis to the Renaissance
8 volumes · 316 chapters · Published 2 Nov 2026
The first 5 chapters of each volume free
Volumes
Vol 3 of 8Vol 3 · The Medieval Synthesis to the Renaissance
40 chapters, 81–120. The first five are free to read here.
- 81Cheng HaoFree to read · 20 min#ChengHao
- 82Anselm of CanterburyFree to read · 19 min#AnselmOfCanterbury
- 83Cheng YiFree to read · 20 min#ChengYi
- 84Al-GhazālīFree to read · 19 min#AlGhazali
- 85Peter AbelardFree to read · 19 min#PeterAbelard
- 86Ibn Bājja (Avempace)Not in the free sample · 17 min#IbnBajja
- 87Ibn ṬufaylNot in the free sample · 18 min#IbnTufayl
- 88Ibn Rushd (Averroes)Not in the free sample · 17 min#IbnRushd
- 89Zhu XiNot in the free sample · 19 min#ZhuXi
- 90MaimonidesNot in the free sample · 18 min#Maimonides
- 91Lu Jiuyuan (Lu Xiangshan)Not in the free sample · 19 min#LuJiuyuan
- 92SuhrawardīNot in the free sample · 17 min#Suhrawardi
- 93Ibn ʿArabīNot in the free sample · 17 min#IbnArabi
- 94Robert GrossetesteNot in the free sample · 18 min#RobertGrosseteste
- 95DōgenNot in the free sample · 18 min#Dogen
- 96Albertus MagnusNot in the free sample · 16 min#AlbertusMagnus
- 97Naṣīr al-Dīn al-ṬūsīNot in the free sample · 18 min#NashirAlDinAlTusi
- 98BonaventureNot in the free sample · 17 min#Bonaventure
- 99Thomas AquinasNot in the free sample · 20 min#ThomasAquinas
- 100Ramon LlullNot in the free sample · 19 min#RamonLlull
- 101MadhvaNot in the free sample · 20 min
- 102Meister EckhartNot in the free sample · 19 min#MeisterEckhart
- 103Ibn TaymiyyaNot in the free sample · 18 min
- 104John Duns ScotusNot in the free sample · 20 min#JohnDunsScotus
- 105Marsilius of PaduaNot in the free sample · 17 min#MarsiliusOfPadua
- 106William of OckhamNot in the free sample · 18 min#WilliamOfOckham
- 107Nicholas of AutrecourtNot in the free sample · 18 min#NicholasOfAutrecourt
- 108Jean BuridanNot in the free sample · 18 min#JeanBuridan
- 109Gangeśa UpādhyāyaNot in the free sample · 16 min#GangeshaUpadhyaya
- 110Ibn KhaldūnNot in the free sample · 19 min#IbnKhaldun
- 111Gemistus PlethoNot in the free sample · 19 min#GemistusPletho
- 112Christine de PizanNot in the free sample · 19 min#ChristineDePizan
- 113Nicholas of CusaNot in the free sample · 19 min#NicholasOfCusa
- 114Marsilio FicinoNot in the free sample · 17 min#MarsilioFicino
- 115Pico della MirandolaNot in the free sample · 18 min#PicoDellaMirandola
- 116Erasmus of RotterdamNot in the free sample · 19 min#ErasmusOfRotterdam
- 117Niccolò MachiavelliNot in the free sample · 19 min#NiccoloMachiavelli
- 118Wang YangmingNot in the free sample · 19 min#WangYangming
- 119Yi Hwang (T'oegye)Not in the free sample · 17 min#YiHwang
- 120Michel de MontaigneNot in the free sample · 20 min#MichelDeMontaigne
People in this volume
Every person in the book has a hashtag. Tap one to see how I read today's news through them.
- #ChengHao
- #AnselmOfCanterbury
- #ChengYi
- #AlGhazali
- #PeterAbelard
- #IbnBajja
- #IbnTufayl
- #IbnRushd
- #ZhuXi
- #Maimonides
- #LuJiuyuan
- #Suhrawardi
- #IbnArabi
- #RobertGrosseteste
- #Dogen
- #AlbertusMagnus
- #NashirAlDinAlTusi
- #Bonaventure
- #ThomasAquinas
- #RamonLlull
- #MeisterEckhart
- #JohnDunsScotus
- #MarsiliusOfPadua
- #WilliamOfOckham
- #NicholasOfAutrecourt
- #JeanBuridan
- #GangeshaUpadhyaya
- #IbnKhaldun
- #GemistusPletho
- #ChristineDePizan
- #NicholasOfCusa
- #MarsilioFicino
- #PicoDellaMirandola
- #ErasmusOfRotterdam
- #NiccoloMachiavelli
- #WangYangming
- #YiHwang
- #MichelDeMontaigne
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