Eighteenth-Century Dissent and Cambridge Platonism |
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| Author:
| Hickman, Louise |
| Series title: | Pickering Studies in Philosophy of Religion Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84893-506-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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This study traces the influence that seventeenth-century Cambridge Platonists had on eighteenth-century radicalism. Hickman shows how Platonist ideas passed from lesser known nonconformists through to more influential figures such as Mary Wollstonecraft.
This study traces the influence that seventeenth-century Cambridge Platonists had on eighteenth-century radicalism. Hickman shows how Platonist ideas passed from lesser known nonconformists through to more influential figures such as Mary Wollstonecraft.