Description
Considers the Cambridge Platonists against their puritan background, as revolutionaries, and as men who recognised science as Reason. Illustrated with extracts from the writings of Benjamin Whichco...te, Ralph Cudworth, Nathaniel Culvewell, John Smith and Henry More.
Considers the Cambridge Platonists against their puritan background, as revolutionaries, and as men who recognised science as Reason. Illustrated with extracts from the writings of Benjamin Whichco...te, Ralph Cudworth, Nathaniel Culvewell, John Smith and Henry More.
| Module code and title: | AMST283, Science and belief: from Copernicus to Darwin |
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| Item code: | AMST283; 04 |
| Recording date: | 10-10-1973 |
| First transmission date: | 1974-04-30 |
| Published: | 1974 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:33 |
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| Producer: | Colin Robinson |
| Contributors: | Nicholas Edmett; John Ferguson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | 17th century; Kingdom of Reason; Puritan background; Revolutionaries |
| Master spool number: | TLN41FW093J |
| Production number: | TLN41FW093J |
| Available to public: | no |