Louise Hickman

Eighteenth-Century Dissent and Cambridge Platonism

Reconceiving the Philosophy of Religion

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Produktbeschreibung

This book identifies an ethically and politically engaged philosophy of religion in eighteenth century Rational Dissent, particularly in the work of Richard Price and the radical thought of Mary Wollstonecraft. It traces their ethico-political account of reason, natural theology and human freedom back to seventeenth century Cambridge Platonism a

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780367595111
• ISBN-10: 0367595117
• Artikelnr.: 69894638

Autorenporträt

Louise Hickman is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics at Newman University, Birmingham, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Enlightenments, the Philosophy of Religion and the History of
Philosophy
Chapter 2: Godliness and Godlikeness: Deiform Reason and the Honest Mind
Chapter 3: State Cozenage and Political Fictions: Reason, Revelation and
the Politics of Conformity
Chapter 4: The Ethical Cosmos: Natural Theology, Epistemic Humility and the
Immutability of Goodness
Chapter 5: Casting out Hagar and her Children: Deiformity, Liberty and
Politics
Chapter 6: Wrought in each Flower, Inscrib'd on ev'ry tree':
Wollstonecraft, Reason and the Contemplation of Divinized Nature
Conclusion