{"product_id":"the-cambridge-platonists-in-philosophical-context-politics-metaphysics-and-religion-international-archives-of-the-history-of-ideas-archives-internationales-dhistoire-des-idees-150","title":"The Cambridge Platonists in Philosophical Context: Politics, Metaphysics and Religion (International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées, 150)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Cambridge Platonists in Philosophical Context: Politics, Metaphysics and Religion (International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées, 150) (Hardcover, 272 pages) – Springer, 1997. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n The Cambridge Platonists were defenders of tolerance in the political as well as the moral sphere ; they held that practical j u d g e m e n t came down in the last instance to individual conscience ; and they laid the foundations of our modern conceptions of conscience and liberty. But at the same time they ma intained the existence of eternal truths , and of a Good-in-itself , identical with Truth and Being, refusing to admit that freedom of conscience i m p li e d moral relativism. They were critics of dogmatism, and of the sectarian notion of \"enthusiasm\" as a source of illumination , on the grounds that both were disruptive of social harmony; they pleaded the cause of reason , in the hope that it could become the foundation of all human knowledge . Yet , for all that , they ma intained that a certain sort of mystical illumination lay at the heart of all true thought , and that human reason had validity only in virtue of i t s divine origin . They debated with Des cartes and took a keen interest in his mech- ism and his dualism ; they brought the atomistic theories of Democritus back into repute; and they sought to provide a detailed account of the causality link ing all phenomena.  \n\n                                         Editorial Reviews                   Review   `This collection will be of interest to historians and researches in theology as wel as philosophers.'\u003cbr\u003e `The scholarship represented by all of the essays in this collection is of uniformly high quality. The volume is a most worthy addition to Kluwer's excellent International Archives of the History of Ideas.\u003cbr\u003e The Review of Metaphysics. (March, 2000)\u003cbr\u003e                                           ","brand":"G.A. Rogers, J.-M. Vienne, Y.C. Zarka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46069872853226,"sku":"9780792345305","price":166.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/51Y8849mc5L._SL1500.jpg?v=1781228335","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/the-cambridge-platonists-in-philosophical-context-politics-metaphysics-and-religion-international-archives-of-the-history-of-ideas-archives-internationales-dhistoire-des-idees-150","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}