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The Newtonians and the English Revolution, 1689-1720 / Margaret C. Jacob.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1976Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501742255
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.4/5/094209032 23
LOC classification:
  • BL245 .J33 2019
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Latitudinarian Social Theory and the New Philosophy -- 2. The Church and the Revolution of 1688-1689 -- 3. The Millennium -- 4. The Church, Newton, and the Founding of the Boyle Lectureship -- 5. The Boyle Lectures and the Social Meaning of Newtonianism -- 6. The Opposition: Freethinkers -- 7. The Opposition: Enthusiasts -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliographical Note -- Index
Summary: This book offers a social history of Newtonian natural philosophy from its inception after the 1688 revolution in England until the 1720's. Ms. Jacob shows that the Newtonian world view was adopted by the Anglican church to support its own version of liberal Protestantism and its vision of a social and economic order that would be both Christian and capitalist. It was with Newton's consent, she asserts, that Newtonianism took on an ideological significance in the early Enlightenment. Using an interdisciplinary approach to subjects traditionally reserved for the history of science, church history, and intellectual history, she formulates a convincing new explanation for the triumph of Newtonianism.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Latitudinarian Social Theory and the New Philosophy -- 2. The Church and the Revolution of 1688-1689 -- 3. The Millennium -- 4. The Church, Newton, and the Founding of the Boyle Lectureship -- 5. The Boyle Lectures and the Social Meaning of Newtonianism -- 6. The Opposition: Freethinkers -- 7. The Opposition: Enthusiasts -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliographical Note -- Index

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This book offers a social history of Newtonian natural philosophy from its inception after the 1688 revolution in England until the 1720's. Ms. Jacob shows that the Newtonian world view was adopted by the Anglican church to support its own version of liberal Protestantism and its vision of a social and economic order that would be both Christian and capitalist. It was with Newton's consent, she asserts, that Newtonianism took on an ideological significance in the early Enlightenment. Using an interdisciplinary approach to subjects traditionally reserved for the history of science, church history, and intellectual history, she formulates a convincing new explanation for the triumph of Newtonianism.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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