Henry More - and the Scientific Revolution (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)

Henry More (1614-87) was the greatest English metaphysical theologian and the most perplexing; he was also perhaps the most distinguished member of the group of divines known as the Cambridge Platonists. An admirer of Galileo, Descartes and Boyle, he rejected their detailed applications of mechanical philosophy to the explanation of natural phenomena. He was an experimenter, yet also a cabalist, and one of the few writers whom Newton acknowledged as having influenced his ideas. First published in 1990, this thorough and accessible biography is the first book-length treatment of this remarkable character. Hall illuminates More's important contributions to science, particularly his work on space and time which influenced Newton, and gives fascinating insights into his spiritual philosophy and his preoccupation with witchcraft. The depth of Professor Hall's scholarship makes the book an exceptional account of the turbulent world of the Scientific Revolution.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Science Biographies
Release date:	April 1996
First published:	1990
Authors:	A.Rupert Hall
Preface by:	David Knight
Dimensions:	237 x 160 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-56223-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-56223-6
Barcode:	9780521562232

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