An Anthology Of The Cambridge Platonists Sources And Commentary | Philosophy

Notwithstanding their neglect in many histories of ideas in the West the Cambridge Platonists constitute the most significant and influential group of thinkers in the Platonic tradition between the Florentine Renaissance and the Romantic Age. This anthology offers readers a unique thematically structured compendium of their key texts along with an extensive introduction and a detailed account of their legacy. The volume draws upon a resurgence of interest in thinkers such as Benjamin Whichcote 1609–1683; Ralph Cudworth 1618–1688; Henry More 1614–1687; John Smith 1618–1652 and Anne Conway 1631–1679 and includes hitherto neglected extracts and some works of less familiar authors within the group like George Rust 1627?–1670; Joseph Glanvill 1636–1680 and John Norris 1657–1712. It also highlights the Cambridge Platonists’ important role in the history of philosophy and theology influencing luminaries such as Shaftesbury Berkeley Leibniz Joseph de Maistre S.T. Coleridge and W.R. Emerson. An Anthology of the Cambridge Platonists is an indispensable guide to the serious study of a pivotal group of Western metaphysicians and is of great value for both students and scholars of philosophy literature history and theology. Key Features The only systematic anthology to the Cambridge Platonists available facilitating quick comprehension of key themes and ideas Uses new translations of the Latin works vastly improving upon faulty and misleading earlier translations Offers a wide range of new perspective on the Cambridge Platonists showing the extent of their influence in early modern philosophy and beyond. |An Anthology of the Cambridge Platonists Sources and Commentary | Philosophy