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Book SynopsisTwenty-six new essays by experts on seventeenth-century thought provide a critical survey of this key period in British intellectual history. These far-reaching essays discuss not only central debates and canonical authors from Francis Bacon to Isaac Newton, but also explore less well-known figures and topics from the period.
Trade ReviewThis volume continues the high level of scholarship expected of the Oxford Handbooks. The articles are without exception careful, detailed, and (both on controversial and non-controversial points) well supported. The largest drawback is the selection of topics covered, a side effect of the emphasis on natural philosophy. * Timothy Yenter, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
an extremely far-reaching book that provides thoughtful and well-written articles, of consistently high quality, and covers key elements of seventeenth-century British philosophy. This collection is recommended for the extensive overview it offers of this important century in the history of philosophy and ideas. * Tessa Morrison, Parergon - Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies *
Table of ContentsPART I: THE DISCIPLINE OF PHILOSOPHY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN; PART II: NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE; PART III: KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN UNDERSTANDING; PART IV: MORAL PHILOSOPHY; PART V: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
