Joseph Priestley: Scientist, Philosopher, and TheologianIsabel Rivers, David L. Wykes Oxford University Press, 17/01/2008 - 272 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. |
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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 |
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