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John Locke ; the philosopher as Christian virtuoso / Victor Nuovo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nuovo, Victor, 1931-2023, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Locke, John, 1632-1704--Religion.
- Locke, John.
- Christian philosophy.
- Atomism--Religious aspects.
- Atomism.
- Secularism.
- Philosophers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Philosophers.
- Philosophy, English--17th century.
- Philosophy, English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Philosopher as Christian virtuoso
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Victor Nuovo represents the philosophical thought of John Locke as the work of a Christian virtuoso: an empirical natural philosopher, who was also a practising Christian. Locke believed that the two vocations were not only compatible, but mutually sustaining, and he aspired to unite them in producing a system of Christian philosophy.
- Contents:
- Francis Bacon and the origin of Christian virtuosity
- Robert Boyle, Christian virtuoso
- Epicurus, Lucretius, and the crisis of atheism
- The origin of Locke's Essay
- The philosophy of a Christian virtuoso. 1, The new countenance of logic
- The philosophy of a Christian virtuoso. 2, Physics
- The philosophy of a Christian virtuoso. 3, Ethics
- The theology of a Christian virtuoso.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 22, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-252080-6
- 0-19-184044-0
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