The Christian PhilosopherUniversity of Illinois Press, 1994 - 488 страница The prominent Puritan clergyman Cotton Mather published The Christian Philosopher in 1721, eight years after he had been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. The first comprehensive book on science written by an American, it was intended to demonstrate the harmony between science and religion. Mather surveyed all the known sciences from astronomy and physics to human anatomy. He presented evidence that both celestial and terrestrial phenomena imply an intelligent designer. Winton Solberg's introduction places Mather's treatise in its widest historical context. In addition to tracing the origins and sources of Mather's work, Solberg analyzes the book's contents, its reception, and its significance in American intellectual and cultural history. This edition returns Mather to his rightful place in American thought, as a deeply religious intellectual whose warm reception of the new science helped bridge the gap between the medieval worldview and the scientific revolution of Copernicus and Newton. |
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... continued to collect , later inheriting half of his father's books . By 1700 Cotton's library contained between two and three thousand volumes and was still growing . By the end of his life it consisted of probably four thousand volumes ...
... continued to collect , later inheriting half of his father's books . By 1700 Cotton's library contained between two and three thousand volumes and was still growing . By the end of his life it consisted of probably four thousand volumes ...
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... continued to support the uses of experience . Mather's praise of natural theology in his book has often been noted , but his reservations about reason , such as appear in the essay " Of Man , " have been ignored . Mather did not expect ...
... continued to support the uses of experience . Mather's praise of natural theology in his book has often been noted , but his reservations about reason , such as appear in the essay " Of Man , " have been ignored . Mather did not expect ...
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... continued four Months . In the Year 1571 , and the Month of November , there appeared in that Constellation , which we call the Chair of Cassiopeia , a most notable and wonderful Star of the first Magnitude , which held a Place among ...
... continued four Months . In the Year 1571 , and the Month of November , there appeared in that Constellation , which we call the Chair of Cassiopeia , a most notable and wonderful Star of the first Magnitude , which held a Place among ...
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Preface | xi |
Acknowledgments | xv |
Introduction | xix |
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