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Revisioning Cambridge Platonism: Sources and LegacyMixing Politics with the Pulpit: Eternal Immutable Morality and Richard Price’s Political Radicalism

Revisioning Cambridge Platonism: Sources and Legacy: Mixing Politics with the Pulpit: Eternal... [This chapter argues that Ralph Cudworth should be recognised as formative for Richard Price’s political philosophy. Cudworth’s ethics of eternal and immutable morality, dualistic account of human intellect, idea of deiform reason—and his consequent theology of conscience—together with his participatory account of commonwealth, gives significant shape to Price’s conception of political will, equality and democracy. A consideration of the impact of Cudworth’s philosophy on Price’s political thought results in a difficulty for the attempt to dichotomise the enlightenment into sharply distinct radical and moderate movements. A commitment to eternal and immutable reality is shared with the more moderate Burke while Price’s own anti-materialist, dualistic and theologically motivated radicalism marks a significant departure from some of his most important Dissenting contemporaries, including Joseph Priestley.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Revisioning Cambridge Platonism: Sources and LegacyMixing Politics with the Pulpit: Eternal Immutable Morality and Richard Price’s Political Radicalism

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
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978-3-030-22199-7
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159 –173
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10.1007/978-3-030-22200-0_10
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[This chapter argues that Ralph Cudworth should be recognised as formative for Richard Price’s political philosophy. Cudworth’s ethics of eternal and immutable morality, dualistic account of human intellect, idea of deiform reason—and his consequent theology of conscience—together with his participatory account of commonwealth, gives significant shape to Price’s conception of political will, equality and democracy. A consideration of the impact of Cudworth’s philosophy on Price’s political thought results in a difficulty for the attempt to dichotomise the enlightenment into sharply distinct radical and moderate movements. A commitment to eternal and immutable reality is shared with the more moderate Burke while Price’s own anti-materialist, dualistic and theologically motivated radicalism marks a significant departure from some of his most important Dissenting contemporaries, including Joseph Priestley.]

Published: Jan 2, 2020

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