Bedlam or Bethlehem Hospital World's first mental hospital opens in London. It was called Bethlehem
Royal Hospital, but soon became commonly known as 'Bedlam.'
Jul 9, 1264
St.Thomas Aquinas Publishes his famous Summa Theologica
Francis BaconBiography The Proficience and Advancement of Learning is published
Time period of John Locke, a major leader of the British empiricist tradition, and one of the most influential philosophers of post-renaissance Europe.
1632-1704
French philosopher Renê Descartes publishes Discourse on Method. Descartes is famous for the quote "I think, therefore I am"
René Descartes Writes Passions of the Soul which postulates the total separation of body and soul
Thomas Hobbes Publishes the Leviathan
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is published by English philosopher John Locke
