The late Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Age of Enlightenment produced a wealth of great thinkers whose ideas have endured through time. Beginning with William of Ockham, this volume is filled with the works of philosophers and theologians from around the world. Detailed biographies of Niccol Machiavelli, Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, Ren Descartes, John Locke, and others give readers an appreciation of these influential figures and the ways...