The Waning of the Renaissance 1640–1740 Studies in the Thought and Poetry of Henry More, John Norris and Isaac Watts
It is not always easy to maintain a proper balance between the delineation of cultural development within a given literary field and the claims of practical criticism. And yet if the history of ideas is to be more than a pastime for the student of literature, it must be rooted in the precise art of...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1971, 1971
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1971 |
| Series: | International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- One The Source: Henry More
- 1. Introduction: The Fourth Ground of Certainty
- 2. Philosophy: Descartes and Plato
- 3. Religion: Latitude and Pietism
- 4. Aesthetics: From Metaphysical to Romantic
- 5. More’s Work as Literature
- Two The Verge: John Norris
- 6. Introduction: A Transitional Figure
- 7. Norris and the Enlightenment
- 8. Philosophy: “Platonic Gibberish”
- 9. Religion: The Grounds of Assent
- 10. Poetry: The Last of the Metaphysicals
- Three The Result: Isaac Watts
- 11. Introduction: Classicism and the Enlightenment
- 12. The English Enlightenment
- 13. “Free Philosophy”
- 14. Sunk Religion
- 15. Aesthetics
- 16. The Sublime
- 17. The Metaphysical Tradition
- 18. Classicism: The Art of Sinking
- Conclusion