History of English thought in the eighteenth century
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History of English thought in the eighteenth century
（Cambridge library collection, . Philosophy）
Cambridge University Press, 2012
- v. 1 : pbk
- v. 2 : pbk
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"This digitally printed version 2012"--T.p. verso
Reprint. Originally published: London : Smith, Elder & Co., Waterloo Place, 1876
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108040396
Description
Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) was a writer, philosopher and literary critic whose work was published widely in the nineteenth century. As a young man Stephen was ordained deacon, but he later became agnostic and much of his work reflects his interest in challenging popular religion. This two-volume work, first published in 1876, is no exception: it focuses on the eighteenth-century deist controversy and its effects, as well as the reactions to what Stephen saw as a revolution in thought. Comprehensive and full of detailed analysis, this is an important work in the history of ideas. Volume 1 contains a thorough discussion of the arguments for and against deism. The debate is placed in a wider philosophical context and the works of Descartes, Locke and Hume are all discussed in detail. The volume concludes with an examination of theological thought at the end of the century.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The philosophical basis
- 2. The starting-point of deism
- 3. Constructive deism
- 4. Critical deism
- 5. Butler's Analogy
- 6. David Hume
- 7. William Warburton
- 8. The later theology.
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v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108040402
Description
Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) was a writer, philosopher and literary critic whose work was published widely in the nineteenth century. As a young man Stephen was ordained deacon, but he later became agnostic and much of his work reflects his interest in challenging popular religion. This two-volume work, first published in 1876, is no exception: it focuses on the eighteenth-century deist controversy and its effects, as well as the reactions to what Stephen saw as a revolution in thought. Comprehensive and full of detailed analysis, this is an important work in the history of ideas. Volume 2 focuses on eighteenth-century moral philosophy, political philosophy and literature, and on the literary and religious reactions to the revolution in thought. Utilitarianism is discussed at length, as well as the work of thinkers such as Shaftesbury, Mandeville, Burke and Adam Smith.
Table of Contents
- 9. Moral philosophy
- 10. Political theories
- 11. Political economy
- 12. Characteristics
- Index.
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