Memoirs of Modern Philosophers is a novel written by Elizabeth Hamilton in 1804. It is the second volume of a two-part series that explores the lives and philosophies of a group of intellectuals in 18th-century England. The novel is written in the form of a series of memoirs, each one detailing the life and beliefs of a different philosopher. The characters are all fictional, but they are based on real-life figures from the era, including Mary Wollstonecraft,...