Joseph Priestley, Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian

Capa
Isabel Rivers, David L. Wykes
OUP Oxford, 17/01/2008 - 252 páginas
Joseph Priestley was one of the most remarkable thinkers of the eighteenth century. Best known today as the scientist who discovered oxygen, he also made major contributions in the fields of education, politics, philosophy, and theology. This collection of essays by a team of experts covers the full range of Priestley's work and provides a new and up to date account of all his activities, together with a summary of his life and an account of his last years in America. The book will re-establish him as a major intellectual figure in Britain and America in the second half of the eighteenth century.
 

Índice

Introduction
1
1 Joseph Priestley Minister and Teacher
20
2 Joseph Priestley Enlightened Experimentalist
49
3 Joseph Priestley Metaphysician and Philosopher of Religion
80
4 Joseph Priestley Political Philosopher
113
5 Joseph Priestley and the Complexities of Latitudinarianism in the 1770s
144
6 Historical Perspectives in the Mind of Joseph Priestley
172
7 Joseph Priestley in America
203
Selected Bibliography
231
Index
241
Direitos de autor

Outras edições - Ver tudo

Palavras e frases frequentes

Informação bibliográfica