| 'The Little Commonwealth of Man': The Trinitarian Origins of the Ethical and Political Philosophy of Ralph Cudworth Contributor(s): Carter, B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9042922141 ISBN-13: 9789042922143 Publisher: Peeters OUR PRICE: $53.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 270 |
| Series: Studies in Philosophical Theology |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (0.75 lbs) 190 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a contextual study of the life and work of the Cambridge Platonist Ralph Cudworth (1617-1688). Focusing on the theological basis of Cudworth's ethical philosophy, this book unlocks the hitherto ignored political aspect to Cudworth's ethical philosophy. Through a detailed examination of Cudworth's published works - particularly his voluminous True Intellectual System of the Universe -, his posthumously published writings, and his 'freewill' manuscripts Benjamin Carter argues that the ethical and political arguments in Cudworth's philosophy develop out of Cudworth's Trinitarian theology. Carter traces the link between Cudworth's Trinitarianism and his ethical and political ideas by placing Cudworth's work in the turbulent religious and intellectual context of seventeenth-century England, and the University of Cambridge in particular. He links Cudworth's theology and philosophy to developments in English Puritan theology, to contemporary philosophical figures such as Thomas Hobbes, and draws out Cudworth's often overlooked influence on the developping patterns of liberal and latitudinarian theology of late seventeenth-century England. |