LEADER 03560nam 22005175 450 001 9910149429803321 005 20230515055156.0 010 $a1-4426-5340-X 010 $a1-4426-3793-5 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442653405 035 $a(CKB)3710000000929671 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4730316 035 $a(DE-B1597)479236 035 $a(OCoLC)992454076 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442653405 035 $a(OCoLC)962153863 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_109122 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000929671 100 $a20170630d2017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 03$aAn Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature /$fNathaniel Culverwell; Robert Greene, Hugh MacCallum 210 1$aToronto : $cUniversity of Toronto Press, $d[2017] 210 4$dİ1971 215 $a1 online resource (273 pages) $cillustrations, genealogical table 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4426-3961-X 327 $aIntroduction ; Biography ; The Discourse and the context of religious controversy ; Culverwell and Bacon ; Voluntarism and innate ideas : Suarez, Herbert, Locke ; Culverwell and the Whichcote-Tuckney debate ; The form and argument of the Discourse ; The text -- "An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature" ; The porch, or introduction -- The explication of the words -- What nature is -- Of the nature of a law in general -- Of the eternal law -- Of the law of nature in general, its {nature/subject} -- The extent of the law of nature -- How the law of nature is discovered? not by tradition -- The light of reason -- Of the consent of nations -- The light of reason is a derivative light -- The light of reason is a diminutive light -- The light of reason discovers present, not future things -- The light of reason is a certain light -- The light of reason is directive -- The light of reason is calme and peaceable -- The light of reason is a pleasant light -- The light of reason is an ascendant light. 330 $aComposed in a period of religious and political upheaval, Culverwell's "Discourse of the Light of Nature" is an imaginative statement of the teachings of Christian humanism concerning the nature and limits of human reason and the related concepts of natural and divine law. In it the scholasticism of the academy and the art of the preacher join hands to form an uneasy, although familiar, alliance. Elements from many Renaissance educational forms are recognizable: the sermon, the declamation, the disputation and determination, the commonplace, the treatise, all are represented. The lengthy introduction to this new critical edition throws light on the evolution of English rationalism in the seventeenth century, and the annotation establishes for the first time the full range of Culverwell's sources - classical, medieval, and Renaissance - and enables the reader to appreciate his manner of citing authority and handling illustration. 410 0$aStudies and texts (University of Toronto. Department of English) ;$v17. 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 676 $a211/.6 700 $aCulverwell$b Nathaniel$0597230 701 $aGreene$b Robert$061817 701 $aMacCallum$b Hugh$0995712 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910149429803321 996 $aAn Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature$92281597 997 $aUNINA