Renaissance philosophy
It therefore overlaps both with late medieval philosophy , which in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries was influenced by notable figures such as Albert the Great , Thomas Aquinas , William of Ockham , and Marsilius of Padua , and early modern philosophy , which conventionally starts with René Descartes and his publication of the "Discourse on Method" in 1637 . 
<triplet> Discourse on Method <subj> 1637 <obj> publication date