John Sergeant Circle Study by Krook Dorothea (3 results)

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorDorothea Krook (1920-1989) taught at the Universities of Cambridge, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv and in 1974 she became the first woman to be elected to membership of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. P.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This book presents an account of the essentially Aristotelian philosophy of John Sergeant (1623-1707) and his Blackloist colleagues, Kenelm Digby and Thomas White. Despite their notoriety as Catholic controversialists in the mid-seventeenth century, Sergeant and his circle have long suffered from historical neglect, and Professor Krook's work provides a useful corrective to conventional historiography.Digby, White and Sergeant were all concerned to present a coherent philosophical and theological framework, which would provide some certainty in the face of the contemporary sceptical challenge, and the author shows how their work was securely based on traditional Aristotelian foundations. Through a detailed discussion of Aristotelian methodology, she shows how, in the face of Protestant misunderstanding, they justified their own claims for certainty.This study restores Sergeant and his circle to their proper historical importance and provides an original and illuminating study of late seventeenth-century Aristotelian philosophy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 204 pages. 6.30x0.00x9.45 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.