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The Metaphysics of Henry More

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  • © 2012

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  1. Jasper Reid

    1. , Philosophy, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

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  • A fully systematic and sustained examination of More's own highly systematic metaphysics, which one could not get from a multitude of discrete, self-contained articles
  • Several new insights into More's philosophy that have thus far been missed altogether in the existing secondary literature
  • Considerable light is also shed on the ideas of other , better-known figures, such as Descartes or Newton

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Jasper Reid
    Pages 1-34

  3. Atoms and Void

    • Jasper Reid
    Pages 35-73

  4. Hyle, or First Matter

    • Jasper Reid
    Pages 75-101

  5. Real Space

    • Jasper Reid
    Pages 103-139

  6. Spiritual Presence

    • Jasper Reid
    Pages 141-184

  7. Spiritual Extension

    • Jasper Reid
    Pages 185-236

  8. Living Matter

    • Jasper Reid
    Pages 237-278

  9. Mechanism and Its Limits

    • Jasper Reid
    Pages 279-311

  10. The Spirit of Nature

    • Jasper Reid
    Pages 313-348

  11. The Life of the Soul

    • Jasper Reid
    Pages 349-381

  12. Editions Cited

    • Jasper Reid
    Pages 383-401

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 403-412
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The book surveys the key metaphysical contributions of the Cambridge Platonist, Henry More (1614–1687). It deals with such interwoven topics as: the natures of body and spirit, and the question of whether or not there is a sharp ontological division between them; the nature of spatial extension in relation to each; the composition and governance of the physical world, including More’s theories of Hyle, atoms, vacuum, and the Spirit of Nature; and the life of the human soul, including its pre-existence. It approaches these topics and the systematic connections between them both historically and analytically, and seeks to do justice to the ways in which More’s system developed and changed—sometimes quite dramatically—over the course of his long career. It also explores More's intellectual relations with both his own inspirations (Plotinus, Origen, Ficino, Descartes, etc.) and with those who responded, whether positively or negatively, to his work (Leibniz, Locke, Boyle, Newton, etc.).

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“Reid’s book is the first comprehensive study of Henry More as a metaphysician, attentive to the broad picture as well as to fine details. As such, it is to be saluted as a great achievement in the field of the history of early modern philosophy … . Reid has also performed a great service to readers, for his book is written in a clear and compelling style … .” (Guido Giglioni, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Vol. 54 (3), July, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Philosophy, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

    Jasper Reid

About the author

Jasper Reid studied philosophy at Cambridge and Princeton, and is now a lecturer in philosophy at King's College London. His main area of research is in the history of philosophy of the early modern period, particularly on the metaphysical and epistemological side. He has written on a number of figures from that period, including Henry More, Descartes, Malebranche, Berkeley and Jonathan Edwards; and on a number of themes, including space, immaterialism, and early modern philosophy of mathematics.

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