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Anne Finch: Viscountess Conway -- A philosophical education -- Religion and Anne Conway -- Anne Conway and Henry More -- John Finch, Thomas Hobbes and Margaret Cavendish -- Experimental physick: Boyle, Stubbe and Greatrakes -- Physic and philosophy: Van Helmont, father and son -- Kabbalistical dialogues -- Quakerism and George Keith -- Last years -- Legacy.

Henry More: a biographical essay -- Henry More and the limits of mechanism -- Henry More and the scientific revolution -- Henry More versus Robert Boyle: the spirit of nature and the nature of providence -- Leibniz and More's Cabbalistic circle -- The spiritualistic cosmologies of Henry More and Anne Conway -- Henry More and witchcraft -- Mysticism and enthusiasm in Henry More -- Henry More and Jacob Boehme -- Appendix: A commendatory poem by Henry More -- Henry More and the Jews -- More, Locke and the issue of liberty -- Reason and toleration: Henry More and Philip van Limborch -- A bibliography of Henry More compiled by Robert Crocker.

Examines the antideterministic philosophy of English apologist & Puritan Ralph Cudworth. While his epistemological & ontological rejection of atheism incorporates paradoxically deterministic terminology, his principle of self-determination focuses on the microcosmic, supporting religious tolerance & freedom of conscience. Drawing on the philosophy of Plotinus & influenced by Platonism & Stoicism, Cudworth equates liberty with the power to act, a notion that can inform current political thought. After presenting a biographical sketch, & a brief review of his works, his reworking of the Stoic term, hegemonikon, is discussed. A unifying & empowering principle, the hegemonikon enables the individual to act, combines the will & the intellect, & directs the soul toward the good. Cudworth's impact on contemporary liberal political philosophy & the similarities to John Locke's politics are also presented. J. Sadler

This collection of essays offers an overview of the range and breadth of Platonic philosophy in the early modern period, examining both the philosophers of Platonic tradition (e.g. Cusanus, Ficino, and Cudworth), and the impact of Platonism on major philosophers of the period (especially Descartes, Leibniz, Locke, Shaftesbury and Berkeley). By demonstrating the vitality of the Platonic tradition in the period this collection challenges the received view that Platonism made little or no contribution in the emergence of modern philosophy