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Composed in a period of religious and political upheaval, Culverwell's Discourse of the Light of Nature is an imaginative statement of the teachings of Christian humanism concerning the nature and limits of human reason and the related concepts of natural and divine law. The lengthy introduction to this new critical edition throws light on the evolution of English rationalism in the seventeenth century, and the annotation establishes for the first time the full range of Culverwell's sources – classical, medieval, and Renaissance – and enables the reader to appreciate his manner of citing authority and handling illustration.

(Department of English Studies and Texts 17)

An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: 15/12/1971
      ISBN13: 9781442639614, 978-1442639614
      ISBN10: 144263961X
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Western philosophy: Enlightenment

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Composed in a period of religious and political upheaval, Culverwell's Discourse of the Light of Nature is an imaginative statement of the teachings of Christian humanism concerning the nature and limits of human reason and the related concepts of natural and divine law. The lengthy introduction to this new critical edition throws light on the evolution of English rationalism in the seventeenth century, and the annotation establishes for the first time the full range of Culverwell's sources – classical, medieval, and Renaissance – and enables the reader to appreciate his manner of citing authority and handling illustration.

      (Department of English Studies and Texts 17)

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