Seeking Truth - Kassler, Jamie C
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In the early 1690s Roger North was preparing to remove from London to Rougham, Norfolk, where he planned to continue his search for truth, which for him meant knowledge of nature, including human nature. This was interrupted by his reading of Newton's books on mechanics and optics; his correspondence with Norfolk clergyman Samuel Clarke; and his reading and response to Clarke's publication on the philosophy of the Godhead. Kassler details the challenges that these events presented, and includes editions of North's notes on Newton's books, as well as what now remains of the 1706 and later correspondence with Clarke.…mehr

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In the early 1690s Roger North was preparing to remove from London to Rougham, Norfolk, where he planned to continue his search for truth, which for him meant knowledge of nature, including human nature. This was interrupted by his reading of Newton's books on mechanics and optics; his correspondence with Norfolk clergyman Samuel Clarke; and his reading and response to Clarke's publication on the philosophy of the Godhead. Kassler details the challenges that these events presented, and includes editions of North's notes on Newton's books, as well as what now remains of the 1706 and later correspondence with Clarke.
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Jamie C. Kassler was elected as a fellow (1991) of the Australian Academy of the Humanities for contributions to musicological theory and was a recipient of the Centenary Medal (2003) for service to Australian society and the humanities in the study of philosophy. A collection of her articles was published as Music, Science, Philosophy: Models in the Universe of Thought (Ashgate 2001). She is also the author of The Beginnings of the Modern Philosophy of Music (Ashgate, 2004) and The Honourable Roger North, 1681-1734 (Ashgate, 2009).