The book surveys the key metaphysical contributions of the Cambridge Platonist, Henry More (1614-1687). It deals with such interwoven topics as: the natures of body and spirit, and the question of whether or not there is a sharp ontological division between them; the nature of spatial extension in relation to each; the composition and governance of the physical world, including More's theories of Hyle, atoms, vacuum, and the Spirit of Nature; and the life of the human soul, including its pre-existence. It approaches these topics and the systematic connections between them both historically and analytically, and seeks to do justice to the ways in which More's system developed and changed-sometimes quite dramatically-over the course of his long career. It also explores More's intellectual relations with both his own inspirations (Plotinus, Origen, Ficino, Descartes, etc.) and with those who responded, whether positively or negatively, to his work (Leibniz, Locke, Boyle, Newton, etc.).
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer
ISBN-13
9789400795464
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208937191
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Metaphysics of Henry more
Author
Jasper Reid
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy, Religious History, Science
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
412 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
207
Item Weight
640g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jasper Reid
Series Title
International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees