Naturalism and unbelief in France, 1650-1729 /Alan Charles Kors.

Kors, Alan Charles,

Naturalism and unbelief in France, 1650-1729 /Alan Charles Kors. - New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 From Nature to God; 2 Reading the Ancients and Reading Spinoza; 3 Reductio ad Naturalismum; 4 The Passion of Malebranche; 5 Creation and Evil; Conclusion; Bibliography; I. Manuscripts; II. Critical editions of manuscripts; III. Journals; IV. Primary sources, including critical editions; V. Secondary sources; VI. Articles not in secondary-source collections (above); Index.

This book shows how absolute naturalism, deciphering nature without reference to God, emerged from the inheritance, dynamics and debates of orthodox culture.



9781316686522 9781316227121 9781316685716


Naturalism--History--18th century.
Atheism--History--France--18th century.


Electronic Books.

BL980 / .N388 2016