Empiricist Devotions: Science, Religion, and Poetry in Early Eighteenth-Century England
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03/31/2016
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Featuring the time in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century England before the disciplinary divisions that we inherit today were created, the empiricist Devotions restores a kind of empiricist thinking, in which methods and emphases of science, religion and literature together and cooperate. This brand of empiricism is committed to monitoring and specialized epistemological modesty. It was Protestant in its premises and stimulating meditation practices. He convincingly confirmed that the figurative language, provided an important tool for the interpretation of the divine written world. Smith recovers this empiricism Robert Boyle # 8217; s analogy, Isaac Newton # 8217, S metaphors John Locke # 8217; s tales, Joseph Addison # 8217; s personification of Daniel Defoe # 8217; s diction, John Gay # 8217; s periphrases and Alexander Pope # 8217; s descriptive information. thus, it shows that the "literary" language plays a key role in shaping and giving voice to the problems of eighteenth-century science and religion alike.
Empiricist Devotions combines intellectual history with close readings of a variety of texts, from the sermons, prayer journals and economic ways to poetry, rural It-narratives and treatises microscopy. This award-winning book is important for our understanding of the cultural and literary history, as scientists period # 8217; s science is not fully appreciated pictorial language # 8217; s central role in empiricist thought, while the scientists of their religion and literature have neglected serious commitment empiricist motivation richly figurative and poetic prayer texts.
Winner Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for outstanding work in the eighteenth century learning research
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