Die gerettete Welt: Zur Rezeption Des Cambridger Platonismus in Der Europäischen Aufklärung Des 18. Jahrhunderts (Hallesche Beitr GE Zur Europ Ischen Aufkl Rung)

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This study examines the significant influence that Cambridge Platonism exerted on the European Enlightenment. Leclerc's translation of Cudworth's True Intellectual System ignited a European-wide debate concerning the concept of plastic nature. The study shows how the relationship between theology, philosophy, and the natural sciences was redefined at the beginning of the 18th century by discussions concerning the topos of the world. "