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Joseph Priestley: Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian

Editat de Isabel Rivers, David L. Wykes
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 ian 2008
Joseph Priestley was one of the most remarkable thinkers of the eighteenth century. Best known today as the scientist who discovered oxygen, he also made major contributions in the fields of education, politics, philosophy, and theology. This collection of essays by a team of experts covers the full range of Priestley's work and provides a new and up to date account of all his activities, together with a summary of his life and an account of his last years in America. The book will re-establish him as a major intellectual figure in Britain and America in the second half of the eighteenth century.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780199215300
ISBN-10: 0199215308
Pagini: 266
Dimensiuni: 144 x 222 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

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This volume acheives its aims admirably.
it will be an essential next step in understanding a towering, wide-ranging, and too often underestimated figure in the English Enlightenment and, indeed, in the following century.
[A] welcome book... all the papers merit careful study.
All chapters in this anthology, Joseph Priestley: Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian, provide rich material...for anyone interested in the unfolding dynamic of the European Enlightenment, especially the fascinating complex of science and religion period. Hopefully the anthology will go some little way to restoring the intellectual reputation of a richly deserving figure whose arguments...are as relevant today as they were over two hundred years ago when Priestley advanced them.
...Readable and perceptive...[a] stimulating and insightful volume...
'Priestley was a deeply religious man and a believer in the power of faith as a force for good in the world.' These words of Alison Kennedy speak for the whole of the life and teaching of Priestley. Every chapter in ths unique book bears out their truth. It is a book that will inspire and encourage all who read it.
All the chapters in this anthology provide rich material for school and university teachers, and they constitute simply a 'good read' for anyone interested in the unfolding dynamic of the European Enlightenment, especially the fascinating complex of science and religion in the period. Hopefully the anthology will go some little way to restoring the intellectual reputation of a richly deserving figure.

Notă biografică

Isabel Rivers is Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Culture, Queen Mary, University of London, and Co-Director, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies.David L. Wykes is Director, Dr Williams's Library, London, and Co-Director, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies.