Generations of reason : a family's search for meaning in post-Newtonian England / Joan L. Richards.
Generations of reason : a family's search for meaning in post-Newtonian England / Joan L. Richards.
Generations of reason : a family's search for meaning in post-Newtonian England / Joan L. Richards.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Call Numbers
G 2021/2406
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
PART 1: DIVINING REASON : Faith in Reason -- Breaking Away -- Education of an Anglican -- The Road to Unitarianism -- Exercising Reason -- Trials in Cambridge -- PART 2: DEFINING REASON : Trials in London -- Reasoning in Uneasy Times -- Heiress -- Son of India -- Reading Man -- Laying the Groundwork...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
"This book recounts the story of three Cambridge-educated Englishmen and the women with whom they chose to share their commitment to reason in all parts of their lives. The reason this family embraced was an essentially human power with the potential to generate true insight into all aspects of the world. In exploring the ways reason permeated thre...
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Generations of reason : a family's search for meaning in post-Newtonian England / Joan L. Richards.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/2406
Record Identifier
74VKaXKMpgdg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaXKMpgdg
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ISBN
0300255497
9780300255492
DDC
929.20941
MMS ID
991024434629202626
