Joseph Priestley, Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian
by Rivers, Isabel; Wykes, David L.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-03-15
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
Joseph Priestley was one of the most remarkable thinkers of the eighteenth century. Best known today as the scientist who discovered oxygen, he also made major contributions in the fields of education, politics, philosophy, and theology. This collection of essays by a team of experts coversthe full range of Priestley's work and provides a new and up to date account of all his activities, together with a summary of his life and an account of his last years in America. The book will re-establish him as a major intellectual figure in Britain and America in the second half of theeighteenth century.
Author Biography
Isabel Rivers is Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Culture, Queen Mary, University of London, and Co-Director, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. David L. Wykes is Director, Dr Williams's Library, London, and Co-Director, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Minister and Teacher | |
| Enlightened Experimentalist | |
| Metaphysician and Philosopher of Religion | |
| Political Philosopher | |
| Joseph Priestley and the Complexities of Latitudinarianism in the 1770s | |
| Historical Perspectives in the Mind of Joseph Priestley | |
| Joseph Priestley in America | |
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