First published in Latin in 1699, John Craige's Theology represents a rare early attempt to introduce mathematical reasoning into moral and theological dispute.Craige's effort to determine the earliest possible date of the Apocalypse earned him ridicule as an eccentric and a crank. Yet, Richard Nash argues, the intensity of the response to Craige's work testifies to how widely felt the conflict was between the old and newly emergent notions of probability.
- ISBN10 0809316625
- ISBN13 9780809316625
- Publish Date 1 March 1991
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 120
- Language English