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Henry More (1614–1687) Tercentenary Studies

with a biography and bibliography by Robert Crocker

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  1. Sarah Hutton

    1. The Hatfield Polytechnic, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Henry More: A Biographical Essay

    • Robert Crocker
    Pages 1-17

  3. Henry More and the Limits of Mechanism

    • Alan Gabbey
    Pages 19-35

  4. Henry More and the Scientific Revolution

    • A. Rupert Hall
    Pages 37-54

  5. Henry More versus Robert Boyle: The Spirit of Nature and the Nature of Providence

    • John Henry
    Pages 55-76

  6. Leibniz and More’s Cabbalistic Circle

    • Stuart Brown
    Pages 77-95

  7. The Spiritualistic Cosmologies of Henry More and Anne Conway

    • Richard H. Popkin
    Pages 97-114

  8. Henry More and Witchcraft

    • Allison Coudert
    Pages 115-136

  9. Mysticism and Enthusiasm in Henry More

    • Robert Crocker
    Pages 137-155

  10. Henry More and Jacob Boehme

    • Sarah Hutton
    Pages 157-171

  11. Henry More and the Jews

    • David S. Katz
    Pages 173-188

  12. More, Locke and the Issue of Liberty

    • G. A. J. Rogers
    Pages 189-199

  13. Reason and Toleration: Henry More and Philip Van Limborch

    • Luisa Simonutti
    Pages 201-218

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 219-254
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About this book

Of all the Cambridge Platonists, Henry More has attracted the most scholar­ ly interest in recent years, as the nature and significance of his contribution to the history of thought has come to be better understood. This revival of interest is in marked contrast to the neglect of More's writings lamented even by his first biographer, Richard Ward, a regret echoed two centuries after his 1 death. Since then such attention as there has been to More has not always served him well. He has been dismissed as credulous on account of his belief in witchcraft while his reputation as the most mystical of the Cambridge 2 school has undermined his reputation as a philosopher. Much of the interest in More in the present century has tended to focus on one particular aspect of his writing. There has been considerable interest in his poems. And he has come to the attention of philosophers thanks to his having corresponded with Descartes. Latterly, however, interest in More has been rekindled by renewed interest in the intellectual history of the seventeenth century and Renaissance. And More has been studied in the context of seventeenth-cen­ tury science and the wider context of seventeenth-century philosophy. Since More is a figure who belongs to the Renaissance tradition of unified sapientia he is not easily compartmentalised in the categories of modern disciplines. Inevitably discussion of anyone aspect of his thought involves other aspects.

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`... this collection is strongly recommended to anyone with an interest in seventeenth-century natural philosophy.'
Stephen Gaukroger, University of Sydney

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Hatfield Polytechnic, UK

    Sarah Hutton

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Henry More (1614–1687) Tercentenary Studies

  • Book Subtitle: with a biography and bibliography by Robert Crocker

  • Editors: Sarah Hutton

  • Series Title: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2267-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0095-3Published: 30 November 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7516-9Published: 01 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2267-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0066-6610

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0307

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 254

  • Topics: Modern Philosophy, History, general

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