Henry More

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Henry More was a 17th-century English philosopher and theologian, prominent among the Cambridge Platonists for his attempts to reconcile Christian doctrine with rationalist metaphysics.

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instanceOf Cambridge Platonist
human
philosopher
theologian
birthDate 1614-10-12
birthPlace England
Grantham
Lincolnshire
deathDate 1687-09-01
deathPlace Cambridge
England
denomination Church of England
educatedAt Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Eton College
employer Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
era 17th-century philosophy
influenced Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway
Isaac Newton
Ralph Cudworth
Samuel Clarke
influencedBy Neoplatonism
Plato
Plotinus
René Descartes
knownFor arguments for the existence of God
defense of the immortality of the soul
reconciling Christian doctrine with rationalist metaphysics
language English
Latin
mainInterest ethics
metaphysics
philosophy of religion
theology
movement Cambridge Platonism
name Henry More
nationality English
notableWork An Antidote against Atheism
Divine Dialogues
Enchiridion Ethicum
Enchiridion Metaphysicum
The Immortality of the Soul
occupation clergyman
philosopher
theologian
philosophicalSchool Platonism
rationalism
positionHeld fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge
religion Christianity

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