The Newtonians and the English Revolution, 1689-1720 / / Margaret C. Jacob.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Jacob, Margaret C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1976
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

This book offers a social history of Newtonian natural philosophy from its inception after the 1688 revolution in England until the 1720's. Ms. Jacob shows that the Newtonian world view was adopted by the Anglican church to support its own version of liberal Protestantism and its vision of a social and economic order that would be both Christian and capitalist. It was with Newton's consent, she asserts, that Newtonianism took on an ideological significance in the early Enlightenment. Using an interdisciplinary approach to subjects traditionally reserved for the history of science, church history, and intellectual history, she formulates a convincing new explanation for the triumph of Newtonianism.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Latitudinarian Social Theory and the New Philosophy -- 2. The Church and the Revolution of 1688-1689 -- 3. The Millennium -- 4. The Church, Newton, and the Founding of the Boyle Lectureship -- 5. The Boyle Lectures and the Social Meaning of Newtonianism -- 6. The Opposition: Freethinkers -- 7. The Opposition: Enthusiasts -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliographical Note -- Index