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Covetous of Truth
Beverley C. Southgate
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hardcover. This work is devoted to the life and work of Thomas White, an important and wide-ranging 17th-century thinker. He is shown as the leader of an influential faction of English Catholics; as a dogged opponent of scepticism; and as a would-be synthesizer of scholastic thought with the "new philosophy". Series: Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees./International Archives of the History of Ideas. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
Thomas White, in the quatercentenary of his birth, is due for historical rehabilitation. English Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian, and scientist, he was a renowned and notorious figure in his own day; and, though long forgot ten, his work exemplifies aspects of major current concern to historians of ideas: in particular, the significance of the newly-revived sceptical philosophy; the complexity ofthe transition from scholasticism to the new philosophy; and the whole role of"minor", non-canonical figures in the historyofthought. White's writings embrace theology, politics, and natural philosophy, or science'; and in all these three areas, his work, after centuries of comparative neglect, ... Read more
Thomas White, in the quatercentenary of his birth, is due for historical rehabilitation. English Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian, and scientist, he was a renowned and notorious figure in his own day; and, though long forgot ten, his work exemplifies aspects of major current concern to historians of ideas: in particular, the significance of the newly-revived sceptical philosophy; the complexity ofthe transition from scholasticism to the new philosophy; and the whole role of"minor", non-canonical figures in the historyofthought. White's writings embrace theology, politics, and natural philosophy, or science'; and in all these three areas, his work, after centuries of comparative neglect, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
Series
Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees./International Archives of the History of Ideas
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792319269
SKU
V9780792319269
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