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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... described the world system in mechanical and mathematical terms : physical nature is a machine , but the mathematical order evident in the world implies a designer . Secondary causes do not explain the universe sufficiently ; a first ...
... described the world system in mechanical and mathematical terms : physical nature is a machine , but the mathematical order evident in the world implies a designer . Secondary causes do not explain the universe sufficiently ; a first ...
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... described here , involving a worm that measured 150 feet long , must have occurred before Mather sent his manuscript of The Christian Philosopher to London in 1715. He subsequently described " A Prodi- gious Worm " in a letter to John ...
... described here , involving a worm that measured 150 feet long , must have occurred before Mather sent his manuscript of The Christian Philosopher to London in 1715. He subsequently described " A Prodi- gious Worm " in a letter to John ...
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... described animal heat arising from a fermentation in the blood , fed by a nitreous aerial agent . His assistant John ... described the location of voluntary and involuntary mental functions and , as a good Harveian , showed how various ...
... described animal heat arising from a fermentation in the blood , fed by a nitreous aerial agent . His assistant John ... described the location of voluntary and involuntary mental functions and , as a good Harveian , showed how various ...
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Preface | xi |
Acknowledgments | xv |
Introduction | xix |
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