{"product_id":"richard-baxter-and-the-mechanical-philosophers-9780190274870","title":"Richard Baxter and the Mechanical Philosophers","description":"\u003cbr\u003eRichard Baxter, one of the most famous Puritans of the seventeenth century, is generally known as a writer of practical and devotional literature. But he also excelled in knowledge of medieval and early modern scholastic theology, and was conversant with a wide variety of seventeenth-century\u003cbr\u003ephilosophies. Baxter was among the early English polemicists who wrote against the mechanical philosophy of René Descartes and Pierre Gassendi in the years immediately following the establishment of the Royal Society. At the same time, he was friends with Robert Boyle and Matthew Hale, corresponded\u003cbr\u003ewith Joseph Glanvill, and engaged in philosophical controversy with Henry More. In this book, David Sytsma presents a chronological and thematic account of Baxter's relation to the people and concepts involved in the rise of mechanical philosophy in late-seventeenth-century England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on largely unexamined works, including Baxter's \u003cem\u003eMethodus Theologiae Christianae \u003c\/em\u003e(1681) and manuscript treatises and correspondence, Sytsma discusses Baxter's response to mechanical philosophers on the nature of substance, laws of motion, the soul, and ethics. Analysis of these topics is\u003cbr\u003eframed by a consideration of the growth of Christian Epicureanism in England, Baxter's overall approach to reason and philosophy, and his attempt to understand creation as an analogical reflection of God's power, wisdom, and goodness, or \u003cem\u003evestigia Trinitatis\u003c\/em\u003e. Baxter's views on reason, analogical\u003cbr\u003eknowledge of God, and \u003cem\u003evestigia Trinitatis\u003c\/em\u003e draw on medieval precedents and directly inform a largely hostile, though partially accommodating, response to mechanical philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David S. Sytsma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190274870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid S. Sytsma\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor at Tokyo Christian University and Research Curator at the Junius Institute for Digital Reformation Research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929199329395,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a717173c-94c4-49cf-bc00-b089b9765596.jpg?v=1647611058","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/richard-baxter-and-the-mechanical-philosophers-9780190274870","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}