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UNINA9911134480003321 |
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Autore |
Zakai Avihu |
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Titolo |
Jonathan Edwards' philosophy of nature : the re-enchantment of the world in the age of scientific reasoning / / Avihu Zakai |
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London ; ; New York : , : T and T Clark, , 2010 |
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9786612576782 |
9781472551238 |
1472551230 |
9781282576780 |
128257678X |
9780567070951 |
0567070956 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (342 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophy of nature |
Natural theology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-302) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter I: Philosophia ancilla theologiae: The Theological Origins of Jonathan Edwards's Philosophy of Nature; Chapter II: The Rise of Modern Science and the Decline of Theology as the "Queen of Sciences" in the Early Modern Era; Chapter III: "All Coherence Gone"-Donne and the "New Philosophy"; Chapter IV: "God of Abraham" and "Not of Philosophers": Pascal against the Philosophers' Disenchantment of the World; Chapter V: Religion and the Newtonian Universe; Chapter VI: Jonathan Edwards and the "Age of Enlightenment" |
Chapter VII: Jonathan Edwards's Philosophy of Nature: The Re-enchantment of the World in the Age of Scientific Reasoning Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Jonathan Edwards's Philosophy of Nature: The Re-Enchantment of the World in the Age of Scientific Reasoning analyses the works of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) on natural philosophy in a series of contexts within which they may best be explored and understood. Its aim is to |
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