Cambridge Platonism
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Cambridge Platonism was a 17th-century English philosophical and theological movement that blended Christian doctrine with Platonic and humanist ideas to defend reason, moral idealism, and religious tolerance.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cambridge Platonism canonical | 2 |
| Cambridge Platonists | 1 |
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Target entity: Cambridge Platonism Context triple: [Renaissance Platonism, influenced, Cambridge Platonism]
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Renaissance Platonism
Renaissance Platonism was a revival and reinterpretation of Plato’s philosophy during the Renaissance, blending classical Platonic ideas with Christian theology, humanism, and contemporary artistic and intellectual culture.
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Platonism
Platonism is a philosophical doctrine rooted in Plato’s ideas, emphasizing the existence of abstract, non-material Forms or universals as the most real and fundamental aspects of reality.
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Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics
The Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics is an approach rooted in P. F. Strawson’s work that emphasizes descriptive metaphysics, focusing on clarifying the fundamental conceptual framework underlying our ordinary thought and discourse rather than constructing revisionary ontological systems.
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On the History of Modern Philosophy
On the History of Modern Philosophy is a series of late lectures by German idealist philosopher F. W. J. Schelling that critically surveys and interprets the development of modern philosophy from Descartes onward.
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Middle Platonism
Middle Platonism was a philosophical movement in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods that revived and systematized Plato’s ideas, blending them with elements of Aristotelianism and Stoicism and laying groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cambridge Platonism Target entity description: Cambridge Platonism was a 17th-century English philosophical and theological movement that blended Christian doctrine with Platonic and humanist ideas to defend reason, moral idealism, and religious tolerance.
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A.
Renaissance Platonism
Renaissance Platonism was a revival and reinterpretation of Plato’s philosophy during the Renaissance, blending classical Platonic ideas with Christian theology, humanism, and contemporary artistic and intellectual culture.
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B.
Platonism
Platonism is a philosophical doctrine rooted in Plato’s ideas, emphasizing the existence of abstract, non-material Forms or universals as the most real and fundamental aspects of reality.
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C.
Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics
The Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics is an approach rooted in P. F. Strawson’s work that emphasizes descriptive metaphysics, focusing on clarifying the fundamental conceptual framework underlying our ordinary thought and discourse rather than constructing revisionary ontological systems.
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D.
On the History of Modern Philosophy
On the History of Modern Philosophy is a series of late lectures by German idealist philosopher F. W. J. Schelling that critically surveys and interprets the development of modern philosophy from Descartes onward.
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E.
Middle Platonism
Middle Platonism was a philosophical movement in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods that revived and systematized Plato’s ideas, blending them with elements of Aristotelianism and Stoicism and laying groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intellectual tradition
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philosophical movement ⓘ theological movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Benjamin Whichcote
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Henry More ⓘ John Smith of Cambridge ⓘ John Worthington ⓘ Nathaniel Culverwell ⓘ Peter Sterry ⓘ Ralph Cudworth ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
God as the source of eternal truths
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emphasis on the moral and spiritual life ⓘ freedom of the will ⓘ harmony of reason and faith ⓘ innate ideas ⓘ moral idealism ⓘ rational religion ⓘ rejection of theological determinism ⓘ religious tolerance ⓘ the goodness of God ⓘ the intelligibility of the universe ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| endTime | late 17th century ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
English Civil War
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Interregnum ⓘ Stuart period ⓘ
surface form:
Restoration England
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| inception |
17th century
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c. 1630s ⓘ |
| influenced |
Anglican theology
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English liberal theology ⓘ Enlightenment moral philosophy ⓘ latitudinarianism ⓘ rational theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Augustine of Hippo
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Christian theology ⓘ Neoplatonism ⓘ Patristic thought ⓘ Plato ⓘ Renaissance humanism ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Latin ⓘ |
| mainInstitutionalBase |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| mainRegion |
CAMBRIDGE
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surface form:
Cambridge
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| notableWork |
The Eternal and Immutable Morality
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surface form:
A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality
Enchiridion ⓘ
surface form:
Enchiridion Ethicum
Enchiridion Metaphysicum ⓘ Moral and Religious Aphorisms ⓘ Select Discourses ⓘ The Eternal and Immutable Morality ⓘ The True Intellectual System of the Universe ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Hobbesian materialism
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atheism ⓘ mechanistic philosophy ⓘ religious enthusiasm ⓘ strict Calvinist predestinarianism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Christian philosophy
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Platonism ⓘ early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglicanism
Church of England ⓘ |
| viewOnGod |
God acts according to wisdom and goodness, not arbitrary will
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God is perfectly good and rational ⓘ |
| viewOnHumanNature |
humans possess an innate capacity to know God
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the soul is immaterial and immortal ⓘ |
| viewOnMorality |
moral distinctions are objective and grounded in God
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moral truths are eternal and immutable ⓘ |
| viewOnReason | reason as the candle of the Lord ⓘ |
| viewOnReligion | true religion is reasonable and moral ⓘ |
| viewOnTolerance | advocacy of broad religious toleration within Christianity ⓘ |
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