This book illustrates the vitality and diversity of the
seventeenth-century philosophers now known as the “Cambridge
Platonists”, focusing chiefly on Henry More, Ralph Cudworth and two
women associated with the group — Anne Conway and Damaris Masham.
The “Cambridge Platonists” made significant contributions to early
modern philosophy. Their Platonist sobriquet obscures the fact that
they were at the forefront of new thinking of their day.Some of the
first English philosophers to write in the vernacular, they tackled
the big themes of seventeenth-century philosophy (materialism,
determinism, scepticism, atheism) and contributed original and
innovative ideas in metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, and ethics.
This volume highlights their treatment of some key philosophical
themes (from the infinity of the world and the concept of substance to
consciousness animals, love), and their inter-connections with
contemporary philosophers (Descartes, Leibniz, and Locke). This book
will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers, and Philosophy
graduates. The chapters in this book were originally published in the
British Journal for the History of Philosophy.
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ISBN
9781000982701
Publisert
2023
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Taylor & Francis
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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