
Published online:
24 January 2013
Published in print:
15 November 2012
Online ISBN:
9780191745218
Print ISBN:
9780199659593
Contents
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1. Introduction 1. Introduction
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2. The Image of God Doctrine 2. The Image of God Doctrine
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2.1 The Generic Model 2.1 The Generic Model
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2.2 The Rationalist Model 2.2 The Rationalist Model
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Craig’s Quality-Quantity Distinction Craig’s Quality-Quantity Distinction
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Lovejoy on Reason and Rest Lovejoy on Reason and Rest
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Craig’s Insight Ideal: Participation as Contemplation Craig’s Insight Ideal: Participation as Contemplation
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The Rationalist Model’s Standard Problems The Rationalist Model’s Standard Problems
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2.3 The Cartesian Model 2.3 The Cartesian Model
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Cartesian Modal Voluntarism Cartesian Modal Voluntarism
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3. Whichcote and the Rationalist Model 3. Whichcote and the Rationalist Model
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3.1 The Superaddition Problem 3.1 The Superaddition Problem
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4. Whichcote and the Cambridge Platonists Against the Rationalist Model 4. Whichcote and the Cambridge Platonists Against the Rationalist Model
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4.1 Natural Knowledge and Divine Knowledge 4.1 Natural Knowledge and Divine Knowledge
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5. The Igd: Cambridge Platonist Model 5. The Igd: Cambridge Platonist Model
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5.1 Whichcote on the Nature of Power 5.1 Whichcote on the Nature of Power
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5.2 Reversion without Voluntarism 5.2 Reversion without Voluntarism
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5.3 Divine Knowledge and Restlessness 5.3 Divine Knowledge and Restlessness
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6. Resolving the Superaddition Problem 6. Resolving the Superaddition Problem
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7. Conclusion 7. Conclusion
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Chapter
2 2 Whichcote and the Cambridge Platonists on Human Nature: An Interpretation and Defense
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29–74
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Published:November 2012
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Roberts, John Russell, '2 Whichcote and the Cambridge Platonists on Human Nature: An Interpretation and Defense', in Daniel Garber, and Donald Rutherford (eds), Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy Volume VI, Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy (Oxford , 2012; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 Jan. 2013), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199659593.003.0002, accessed 4 May 2025.
Abstract
Benjamin Whichcote developed an account of human nature that attempts to reconcile the obligations of reason with those of the Christian faith. The chapter offers an interpretation of his account as a variant of the image of God doctrine and argues that its core feature is embraced by the other central figures of Cambridge Platonism, i.e. Ralph Cudworth, Henry More, and John Smith. The viability of Whichcote’s reconciliation is defended against a key objection recently raised by Michael Gill.
Keywords:
Benjamin Whichcote, Ralph Cudworth, Henry Moore, John Smiht, Michael Gill, God, deification, voluntarism, mystery, forgiveness, superaddition
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