William Whiston

Klappentext A study of Sir Isaac Newton's successor as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. Zusammenfassung William Whiston succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge in 1703! and was also a well-known preacher. This is the first modern full-length study of Whiston's Newtonian rapprochement between science and religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Foreword Richard H. Popkin; Preface; Introduction: Erkennen and Verstehen in the history of philosophy, and William Whiston's 'Newtonianism'; 1. The temper and times of a Newtonian controversialist; 2. Whiston, the Burnet controversy, and Newtonian biblical interpretation; 3. Whiston's Newtonian argument from prophecy; divine providence; and the criticism of Anthony Collins; 4. Whiston's Newtonian biblical interpretation and the rage of party, radical Arianism, and millennial expectations; 5. Deism and divine providence in Whiston and Newton; Notes; Index.

Klappentext
A study of Sir Isaac Newton's successor as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge.

Zusammenfassung
William Whiston succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge in 1703, and was also a well-known preacher. This is the first modern full-length study of Whiston's Newtonian rapprochement between science and religion.

Inhalt
List of illustrations; Foreword Richard H. Popkin; Preface; Introduction: Erkennen and Verstehen in the history of philosophy, and William Whiston's 'Newtonianism'; 1. The temper and times of a Newtonian controversialist; 2. Whiston, the Burnet controversy, and Newtonian biblical interpretation; 3. Whiston's Newtonian argument from prophecy; divine providence; and the criticism of Anthony Collins; 4. Whiston's Newtonian biblical interpretation and the rage of party, radical Arianism, and millennial expectations; 5. Deism and divine providence in Whiston and Newton; Notes; Index.

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