Mysticism in Early Modern England
Mysticism in Early Modern England

Author: Liam Peter Temple

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1783273933

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Mysticism in Early Modern England traces how mysticism featured in polemical and religious discourse in seventeenth-century England and explores how it came to be viewed as a source of sectarianism, radicalism, and, most significantly, religious enthusiasm.

The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy
The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy

Author: B. J. T. Dobbs

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1983-04-29

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780521273817

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This book sets the foundations of Newton's alchemy in their historical context in Restoration England. It is shown that alchemical modes of thought were quite strong in many of those who provided the dynamism for the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century and that these modes of thought had important relationships with general movements for reform in the same period.

"Matter of Glorious Trial"

Author: N. K. Sugimura

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0300135599

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This groundbreaking book, the first to examine Milton's thinking about matter and substance throughout his entire poetic career, seeks to alter the prevailing critical view that Milton was a monist-materialist--one who believes that all things are composed of material and all phenomena (including consciousness) are the result of material interactions. Based on her close study of the philosophical movements of Milton's mind, Sugimura discovers the "fluid intermediaries" in his poetry that are neither strictly material nor immaterial. In doing so, Sugimura uses Paradise Lost as a fascinating window into the intersection of literature and philosophy, and of literary studies and intellectual history. Sugimura finds that Milton displays a tense and ambiguous relationship with the idealistic dualism of Plato and the materialism of Aristotle and she argues for a more nuanced interpretation of Milton's metaphysics.

The Tessera of Antilia
The Tessera of Antilia

Author: Donald R. Dickson

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9789004110328

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This study examines the Protestant utopian movement that was inspired by the writings of Johann Valentin Andreae and led to brotherhoods in early modern Germany and England. It is based on the "leges" and manifestos of these societies and letter exchanges among members.