An Anthology of the Cambridge Platonists: Sources and Commentary
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| Publisher | Routledge; 1st edition |
| ISBN 13 | 9781032023847 |
| ISBN 10 | 1032023848 |
| Author | Douglas Hedley |
| Book Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | Notwithstanding their neglect in many histories of ideas in the West, the Cambridge Platonists constitute the most significant and influential group of thinkers in the Platonic tradition between the Florentine Renaissance and the Romantic Age. This anthology offers readers a unique, thematically structured compendium of their key texts, along with an extensive introduction and a detailed account of their legacy. The volume draws upon a resurgence of interest in thinkers such as Benjamin Whichcote, 1609–1683; Ralph Cudworth, 1618–1688; Henry More, 1614–1687; John Smith, 1618–1652, and Anne Conway 1631–1679, and includes hitherto neglected extracts and some works of less familiar authors within the group, like George Rust 1627?–1670; Joseph Glanvill, 1636–1680, and John Norris 1657–1712. It also highlights the Cambridge Platonists’ important role in the history of philosophy and theology, influencing luminaries such as Shaftesbury, Berkeley, Leibniz, Joseph de Maistre, S.T. Coleridge, and W.R. Emerson. An Anthology of the Cambridge Platonists is an indispensable guide to the serious study of a pivotal group of Western metaphysicians and is of great value for both students and scholars of philosophy, literature, history, and theology.Key FeaturesThe only systematic anthology to the Cambridge Platonists available, facilitating quick comprehension of key themes and ideasUses new translations of the Latin works, vastly improving upon faulty and misleading earlier translationsOffers a wide range of new perspective on the Cambridge Platonists, showing the extent of their influence in early modern philosophy and beyond. |
| About the Author | Douglas Hedley is Professor of the Philosophy of Religion in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Clare College. He is the author of Coleridge, Philosophy and Religion (2000) and a trilogy on the Religious Imagination, and has edited various volumes including Revisioning Cambridge Platonism (2019). He was the Principal Investigator of an AHRC grant, "The Cambridge Platonists at the Origins of Enlightenment, 2016–2019."Christian Hengstermann is Associate Lecturer in Classics at Wuppertal University in Germany and Member of the Cambridge Centre of the Study of Platonism. He is the author of Origenes und der Ursprung der Freiheitsmetaphysik (2016) and has edited various volumes, including "That Miracle of the Christian World": Origenism and Christian Platonism in Henry More (2020) and The History of the Religious Imagination in Christian Platonism (2021). |
| Publication Date | 8 September 2023 |
| Number of Pages | 352 pages |
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