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Clarke, Samuel - 1675–1729, English philosopher and divine. His chief interest was rational theology, and, although a critic of the deists, he was in sympathy with some of their ideas. He supported the theories of Newton and argued with Leibniz in defense of the existence of absolute space. Clarke maintained that ethical law is as constant as mathematical law. His published works include


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    Leibniz & Clarke: A Study of Their Correspondence » Read Now

    by Ezio Vailati, Gottfried Leibniz, Samuel Clarke. 258 pgs.

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    The correspondence between Leibniz and Samuel Clarke was the most influential philosophical exchange of the eighteenth century, and indeed one of the most significant such exchanges in the history of philosophy. Carried out in 1715 and 1716, the debate focused on the clash between Newtonian and...
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    The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence: Together with Extracts from Newton's Principia and Opticks » Read Now

    by H. G. Alexander, Samuel Clarke, Isaac Newton, Gottfried Leibniz. 200 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    ...1705-1716 ix Samuel Clarke xi Caroline...Leibniz and five replies by Samuel Clarke. They were written in the years...the calculus and are omitted. Samuel Clarke 1675-1729...
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    The Cambridge Companion to Newton (Chap. 16 "Newton and the Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence") » Read Now

    by I. Bernard Cohen, George E. Smith. 500 pgs.

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    Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest scientists of all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has left enduring legacies in mathematics and the natural sciences. In this volume a team of distinguished contributors examines the principal aspects of Newton's thought. They...
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    God and Government in an 'Age of Reason' ("Samuel Clarke" begins on p. 168) » Read Now

    by David Nicholls. 284 pgs.

    In this companion volume to Deity and Domination , David Nicholls broadens his examination of the relationship between religion and politics. Focusing on the images and concepts of God and the state predominant in eighteenth-century discourse, he shows how these were interrelated and reflect the...
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    Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries ("The Moderate Arianism of Samuel Clarke" begins on p. 110) » Read Now

    by Maurice Wiles. 208 pgs.

    Arians in the third century AD maintained that Jesus was less divine than God. Regarded as the archetypal Christian heresy, Arianism was condemned in the Nicene Creed and apparently squashed by the early church. Less well known is the fact that fifteen centuries later, Arianism was alive and well...
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    Eastern Wisdom and Learning: The Study of Arabic in Seventeenth-Century England ("Samuel Clarke" begins on p. 226) » Read Now

    by G. J. Toomer. 381 pgs.

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    This book narrates the extraordinary growth in the study of Arabic in England from the late sixteenth century, when it was almost non-existent, to the end of the seventeenth. In this masterly and original study, Professor Toomer gives the first detailed account of this growth, set against the...
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    The Golden Rule ("A Rule of Reason and Eternal Relations: Samuel Clarke" begins on p. 82) » Read Now

    by Jeffrey Wattles. 262 pgs.

    Wattles offers a comprehensive survey of the history of the golden rule - Do unto others as you want others to do unto you. He traces the rule's history in a variety of contexts and offers his own synthesis of these varied understandings.
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    Religious Liberalism in Eighteenth-Century England (Discussion of Samuel Clarke begins on p. 38) » Read Now

    by Roland N. Stromberg. 192 pgs.

    ...1 Samuel Clarke, Works , iii. 764. 2...Infidelity , 1729. 2 Cf. Samuel Clarke, 1705 Boyle Lecture: A constant...influencing eighteenth-century deism. Samuel Clarke and Lord...

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