From a variety of perspectives, the essays presented here explore the profound interdependence of natural philosophy and rational religion in the long 17th century that begins with the burning of Bruno in 1600 and ends with the Enlightenment in the early 18th century. From the writings of Grotius on natural law and natural religion, and the speculative, libertin novels of Cyrano de Bergerac, to the better-known works of Descartes, Malebranche, Cudworth, Leibniz, Boyle, Spinoza, Newton, and Locke, an increasing emphasis was placed on the rational relationship between religious doctrine, natural law, and a personal divine providence. While evidence for this intrinsic relationship was to be located in different places - in the ideas already present in the mind, in the observations and experiments of the natural philosophers, and even in the history, present experience, and prophesied future of mankind - the result enabled and shaped the broader intellectual and scientific discourses of the Enlightenment.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9781402000478
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96493024
Product Key Features
Book Title
Religion, Reason and Nature in Early Modern Europe
Author
R. Crocker
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy, Religious History, History
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
236 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
180
Item Weight
1210g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
R. Crocker
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