Ralph Cudworth

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Ralph Cudworth was a 17th-century English philosopher and theologian, a leading figure among the Cambridge Platonists known for his work on moral philosophy and the nature of the human mind.

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instanceOf Cambridge Platonist
human
philosopher
theologian
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Master of Arts
advocated eternal and immutable moral truths
innate ideas
almaMater Emmanuel College, Cambridge
birthDate 1617-07-13
birthPlace Aller, Somerset, England
child Damaris Cudworth Masham
deathDate 1688-06-26
deathPlace Cambridge, England
denomination Church of England
educatedAt Emmanuel College, Cambridge
employer University of Cambridge
fieldOfWork metaphysics
moral philosophy
philosophy
philosophy of mind
theology
influenced 18th-century moral philosophy
British moral rationalism
influencedBy Christian theology
Plato
Plotinus
Stoicism
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainInterest free will
moral realism
nature of the human mind
theism
memberOf Christ's College, Cambridge
movement Cambridge Platonism
name Ralph Cudworth
nationality English
notableWork A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality
The True Intellectual System of the Universe
opposedTo Hobbesian moral philosophy
atheism
materialism
parent Ralph Cudworth Sr.
philosophicalSchool Christian Platonism
Platonism
positionHeld Master of Christ's College, Cambridge
Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge
religion Christianity
timePeriod 17th century

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