"The Cambridge Platonists | Philosophy

This book illustrates the vitality and diversity of the seventeenth-century philosophers now known as the “Cambridge Platonists” focusing chiefly on Henry More Ralph Cudworth and two women associated with the group - Anne Conway and Damaris Masham. The “Cambridge Platonists” made significant contributions to early modern philosophy. Their Platonist sobriquet obscures the fact that they were at the forefront of new thinking of their day. Some of the first English philosophers to write in the vernacular they tackled the big themes of seventeenth-century philosophy (materialism determinism scepticism atheism) and contributed original and innovative ideas in metaphysics epistemology psychology and ethics. This volume highlights their treatment of some key philosophical themes (from the infinity of the world and the concept of substance to consciousness animals love) and their inter-connections with contemporary philosophers (Descartes Leibniz and Locke). This book will be a valuable resource for academics researchers and Philosophy graduates. The chapters in this book were originally published in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy. |The Cambridge Platonists | Philosophy