Revisioning Cambridge Platonism: Sources and Legacy

This volume contains essays that examine the work and legacy of the Cambridge Platonists. The essays reappraise the ideas of this key group of English thinkers who served as a key link between the Renaissance and the modern era.

The contributors examine the sources of the Cambridge Platonists and discuss their take—up in the eighteenth—century. Readers will learn about the intellectual formation of this philosophical group as well as the reception their ideas received. Coverage also detail...