Bibliograph

The seventeenth century background;, studies in the thought of the age in relation to poetry and religion

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The seventeenth century background;, studies in the thought of the age in relation to poetry and religion

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The seventeenth century background;

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

371151

Series statement

Doubleday anchor books, A19

Sub title

studies in the thought of the age in relation to poetry and religion

Summary

Cambridge Professor Basil Willey wrote this volume as a companion to his preceding work on the Seventeenth Century Background. Whereas the 17th C. key word was "Truth," he maintains the 18th C key word was "Nature." Organized in 12 chapters including "The Wisdom of God in the Creation, Cosmic Toryism, Natural Morality--Shaftesbury, Nature in Satire, Jos. Priestley and the Socinian Moonlight, and Nature in Wordsworth

Table Of Contents

The rejection of scholasticism ---- Bacon and the rehabilitation of nature ---- Sir Thomas Browne ---- On scriptural interpretation ---- The philosophical quest for truth-Descartes ---- The philosophical quest for truth-Hobbes ---- Rational theology ---- Rational theology: the Cambridge Platonists ---- Joseph Glanvill ---- The heroic poem in a scientific age ---- John Locke ---- Postscript: on Wordsworth and the Locke tradition

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