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Science, Religion and Politics in Restoration England - Richard Cumberland's De Legibus Naturae (Hardcover)
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Science, Religion and Politics in Restoration England - Richard Cumberland's De Legibus Naturae (Hardcover)
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
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A new perspective on the interaction of science, religion and
politics in Restoration England, based on discussion of
Cumberland's De legibus naturae. Richard Cumberland is one of the
seventeenth century's most interesting political theorists. His
masterpiece, the De legibus naturae(1672), has rarely been examined
on its own terms, but by tracing the political, religiousand
intellectual circumstances of the composition of this puzzling
work, and showing its importance as a critique of Thomas Hobbes,
author of the Leviathan, Dr Parkin demonstrates how Cumberland
created a new political andethical theory which absorbed and
neutralised many of Hobbes's insights. He also examines the science
of the Royal Society as a basis for Cumberland's natural law theory
and its influence on such thinkers as Samuel Pufendorf and John
Locke. Overall, the book provides an important new perspective on
the interaction of science, religion and politics in Restoration
England. Dr JON PARKIN teaches in the Department of History at
King's College, London.
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