Thoemmes Press

Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British Philosophers
General Editor: Andrew Pyle, Bristol University
2 Volumes

The Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British Philosophers is a completely new reference work which, like its forerunner the hugely successful Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers, is quite remarkable in its scope. Earlier works on the subject have construed 'philosophy' narrowly, whereas this Dictionary covers not just logic and metaphysics, ethics and epistemology but also those many aspects of religion and politics, mathematics and science that are of philosophical significance.

Where those earlier works concentrated on a handful of central figures and canonical texts, the Thoemmes Dictionary contains entries on over 400 figures: Bacon, Hobbes and Locke are here, as are Digby, Cudworth and Glanvill. But there are also entries on John Lilburne the leveller, Robert Ferguson 'the potter' and Thomas Tyron, an early vegetarian. These more minor figures provide important study material for the seventeenth-century scholar, and yet information on them is hard to find in the traditional sources.

Our broad scope also allows inclusion of many figures well known to historians of other disciplines. The Dictionary has entries on mathematicians such as Napier and Oughtred, Barrow and Wallis; natural scientists like Gilbert and Harvey, Boyle and Newton; theologians like Hooker and Chillingworth, Baxter and Stillingfleet; writers like Milton and Marvell, Dryden and Defoe. All these figures are of philosophical importance and interest.

Entries include biographies, assessments and bibliographies for each subject. The text places the figure in the social as well as intellectual context of the day and critically assesses their central claims and doctrines as well as their overall place in the history of philosophy. Bibliographies contain the author's own works together with a selection of secondary literature. A system of cross-references makes it easy for the reader to pursue connections and influences.

2 volumes of newly written material
more than 70 expert, academic contributors
over 400 entries
cross-referenced and fully indexed
includes non-traditional and less well-known figures
excellent coverage of figures from the areas of science, mathematics, literature, and theology as well as philosophy of value to historians of philosophy and all seventeenth-century scholars within a wide range of disciplines.

April 2000 /
ISBN 1 85506 704 8
2 volumes: 932 pp
Price: £395.00
Nostro prezzo speciale valido fino al 31/12/2004: £ 315.00

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