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.