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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... letters to the Royal Society describing American scientific curiosities . His material is of the type that was being sent for publication to learned societies all over the world . Mather stated that he modeled the form of his letters ...
... letters to the Royal Society describing American scientific curiosities . His material is of the type that was being sent for publication to learned societies all over the world . Mather stated that he modeled the form of his letters ...
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... letters in the first series discussed the existence of antedi- luvian giants based on some bones and teeth found at Claverack , New York ; plants in America and Indian cures using them ; birds of America ; antipathies and the power of ...
... letters in the first series discussed the existence of antedi- luvian giants based on some bones and teeth found at Claverack , New York ; plants in America and Indian cures using them ; birds of America ; antipathies and the power of ...
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... letters of 1712 with his sources reveals that Mather was moving from a supernatural explanation of various phenomena toward greater objectivity . Yet he had traveled but partway . * Waller laid Mather's communications and his covering ...
... letters of 1712 with his sources reveals that Mather was moving from a supernatural explanation of various phenomena toward greater objectivity . Yet he had traveled but partway . * Waller laid Mather's communications and his covering ...
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Preface | xi |
Acknowledgments | xv |
Introduction | xix |
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