Richard Baxter and the mechanical philosophers /
Richard Baxter, one of the seventeenth century's most famous Puritans, is known as an author of devotional literature. But he was also skilled in medieval philosophy. In this book, David Sytsma draws on largely unexamined works to present a chronological and thematic account of Baxter's re...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in historical theology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Richard Baxter, one of the seventeenth century's most famous Puritans, is known as an author of devotional literature. But he was also skilled in medieval philosophy. In this book, David Sytsma draws on largely unexamined works to present a chronological and thematic account of Baxter's relation to the people and concepts involved in the rise of mechanical philosophy in late-seventeenth-century England. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 338 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190274887 0190274883 |