{"product_id":"a-history-of-irish-thought-9780415206938","title":"A History of Irish Thought","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first complete introduction to Irish thought ever available. This volume will be of great value to anyone interested in Irish culture and its intellectual history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This is an important pioneering work...its author has done a considerable service to anyone interested in the intellectual development of Ireland.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eP.J. McGrath, Irish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The ultimate refutation of the Irish joke ... a comprehensive summary of the varied patterns of thought as they have evolved through the ages.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Tuam Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This book is a significant contribution to the history of Irish thought, and contains much that will be of interest to all students of Irish culture.' \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cem\u003eEddie Hyland, Irish Studies Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This book is a significant contribution to the history of Irish thought, and contains much that will be of interest to all students of Irish culture.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Lucidly written and timely ... an impressive achievement and deserves a wide audience, including all those interested in Irish culture.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eDermot Moran, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'A marvellous book, clear comprehensive and a pleasure to read.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eAustralian Journal of Irish-Australian Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Thomas Duddy ... has distilled a great mass of material (the bibliography is 25 pages long) into a marvellous book, clear, comprehensive and a pleasure to read.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Australian Irish Network\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e' ... Duddy has presented us with quite a detailed history, which reveals something of the diversity and interest of the contributions made by the Irish ... Duddy's main virtues as an historian of thought are his sustained attempt to be as inclusive and as fair as possible to the thinkers he deals with, not forgetting the clarity of his prose style.' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTijdschrift Voor Filosofie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 Interpreting Marvels: The Irish Augustine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter, the Irish Augustine The theology of the Flood The theology of marvels The theology of angelic ministry The Irish Augustine and the African Doctor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 The Philosophy of Creation: John Scottus Eriugena\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe five modes of interpretation The four conceptions of nature Nature, theophany, and pantheism The gendered and the pristine body The return to God Eriugena and the cult of the Free Spirit Scholars or thinkers: A postscript on Peter of Ireland and Richard Fitzralph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3 Nature Observed: Robert Boyle, William Molyneux, and the New Learning\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Boyle, the Christian virtuoso Touching the spring of the air: A new departure ' A piece of green-wood burning': Boyle against the elements A thinking gentleman: William Molyneux, new learner and patriot Mr Molyneux to Mr Locke: An Anglo-Irish correspondence Against the self-image of the age: Michael Moore, a Paris Aristotelian from Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4 John Toland and the Ascendancy of Reason\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReason, revelation, and meaning Tyranny, superstition, and the politics of pantheism 'As in a glass darkly': Peter Browne and the argument from analogy Other partisans of mystery: Edward Synge and Philip Skelton God, good, and privation: The theodicy of William King Spirit and motion: The Philosophical animism of Robert Clayton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWonderfully Mending the World: George Berkeley and Jonathan Swift\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeeing things: Berkeley's theory of vision Seeing (and not seeing) things: Berkeley's philosophy of perception The visible language of god The converting imagination: Swift against the moderns Modernism as madness: The moral of the \u003cem\u003eTale\u003c\/em\u003e Abolishing Christianity: Swift against the free thinkers An unsentimental journey: Gulliver and the perversion of reason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6 Against the Selfish Philosophers: Francis Hutcheson, Edmund Burke, and James Usher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHutcheson and the stratagems of self-love The pleasures of morality Vice and cruelty explained The politics of happiness and the pleasures of civil union Reflection and reaction: the life and thought of Edmund Burke The taste of fear: Burke's aesthetics of sublimity From the sublime to the political: Burke and the philosophy of custom 'Shadowy similitudes': James Usher on the limits of language 'A benevolent conspiracy': Ireland and the thought of revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7 Peripheral Visions (1): Irish Thought in the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel O'Connell and Benthamism Anti-Union, anti-Credo, anti-Malthus: The subversive thought of George Ensor Producing happiness: The radical utilitarianism of William Thompson Happiness and suffrage: The feminist utilitarianism of Anna Doyle Wheeler The power of circumstance: The holistic philosophy of Henry MacCormac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8 Peripheral Visions (2): Irish Thought in the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnglish theory, Irish facts: John Elliot Cairnes and the turn of political economy Religion and the science of genesis: Darwin in Ireland - \u003cem\u003eJohn Tyndall, scientific evangelist Three non-Darwinian evolutionists: Gerald Molloy, J.J. Murphy, and G.G. Stokes Religion, rivalry, and progress: The social Darwinism of Benjamin Kidd Ethics and the primal nebula: Frances Power Cobbe\u003c\/em\u003e - Varieties of Irish idealism: From William Rowan Hamilton to Oscar Wilde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9 Between Extremities: Irish Thought in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween self and anti-self: The visionary idealism of W.B. Yeats The dreams of reason: J.O. Wisdom on the unconcsious origins of thought Against method: M. O'C. Drury on the imprisoned mind 'Unutterable particularities': Iris Murdoch on the ethics of attention Being in the middle: William Desmond on tragedy, 'idiocy', and intimacy 'A vision of being free': Philip Pettit on mind, society, and the \u003cem\u003eres publica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018116464983,"sku":"9780415206938","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415206938.jpg?v=1750775678","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-irish-thought-9780415206938","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}