Cambridge Platonist SpiritualityCharles Taliaferro, Alison J. Teply This volume in the distinguished Classics of Western Spirituality series presents a collection of essays, poetry, and treatises by Cambridge Platonists, a movement in philosophical theology that flourished around Cambridge University in the 17th century and left a profound impact on the shape of subsequent religious life in the English speaking world. This school of thought emphasized the great goodness of God, the accord between reason and faith, an integrated life of virtue, and the deep joy of living in concord with God. In an important introduction, the editors situate the Cambridge Platonist movement in its historical and religious setting: the decades of turbulence and political crises surrounding the English Civil War. They then offer brief biographical portraits of the principal members of the movement: Benjamin Whichcote; Henry More; Ralph Cudworth; John Smith; Peter Sterry; Nathaniel Culverwell; and Anne Conway. Following the introduction is a representative sample of Cambridge Platonist writings. Scholars and students of 17th-century England, Christian spirituality of the early modern era, intellectual history, and faith and reason will appreciate this treatment of the spiritual life and work of an often overlooked, but significant, movement. + |
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... Peter Sterry ( 1675 ) 178 XVI : The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy , Chapter 5 Anne Conway ( 1690 ) Notes Bibliography Index 187 193 220 229 CHARLES TALIAFERRO , Professor of Philosophy at St. Olaf College viii ...
... Peter Sterry ( 1675 ) 178 XVI : The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy , Chapter 5 Anne Conway ( 1690 ) Notes Bibliography Index 187 193 220 229 CHARLES TALIAFERRO , Professor of Philosophy at St. Olaf College viii ...
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... Peter Sterry . Author of the Preface JAROSLAV PELIKAN was born on December 17 , 1923. He received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary and a PhD from the University of Chicago , both in 1946. After teaching at ...
... Peter Sterry . Author of the Preface JAROSLAV PELIKAN was born on December 17 , 1923. He received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary and a PhD from the University of Chicago , both in 1946. After teaching at ...
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... Peter expresses it ) make us partakers of the divine nature . " What Origen , the Cappadocian fathers , and especially Maximus the Confessor describe as metousia , " participation , " is not merely intellectual but existential ...
... Peter expresses it ) make us partakers of the divine nature . " What Origen , the Cappadocian fathers , and especially Maximus the Confessor describe as metousia , " participation , " is not merely intellectual but existential ...
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... Peter Sterry ( 1613-72 ) , and Nathaniel Culverwell ( 1618 P -51 ) . All of these scholars held positions at Cambridge University . John Norris ( 1657-1711 ) and Joseph Glanville ( 1638-80 ) were later adherents from Oxford University ...
... Peter Sterry ( 1613-72 ) , and Nathaniel Culverwell ( 1618 P -51 ) . All of these scholars held positions at Cambridge University . John Norris ( 1657-1711 ) and Joseph Glanville ( 1638-80 ) were later adherents from Oxford University ...
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... Peter Sterry , Ralph Cudworth , and possibly Nathaniel Culverwell — to read Plato , Cicero , and Plotinus . " While Whichcote had no systematic philosophy , no one who reads his sermons — which have been described as " amongst the most ...
... Peter Sterry , Ralph Cudworth , and possibly Nathaniel Culverwell — to read Plato , Cicero , and Plotinus . " While Whichcote had no systematic philosophy , no one who reads his sermons — which have been described as " amongst the most ...
Contents
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A Sermon Preached before the Honorable House | 55 |
The Joy Which the Righteous Have in | 95 |
The Moral Part of Religion Reinforced | 105 |
That Those Who Are Truly Religious | 115 |
Our Conversation Is in Heaven | 126 |
Aphorisms | 135 |
The Excellency and Nobleness of True Religion | 150 |
The True Way or Method of Attaining to Divine | 157 |
Charitie and Humilitie | 165 |
An Explanation of the Divine Mystery of Godliness | 174 |
The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern | 187 |
Notes | 193 |
Bibliography | 220 |
Index | 229 |
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