This study, with its examination of the lives and works of Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, George Berkley, John Locke and other Enlightenment scholars, rejects the idea that the early modern period was marked by a triumph of reason or that it should be seen as a simple battle between science and religion. The more far-reaching debate is focused on one great theme: the questioning of God's place and significance in the cosmos - and the threats that this doubt appeared to pose for the whole of society.
- ISBN10 0500278857
- ISBN13 9780500278857
- Publish Date 13 May 1996
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 August 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English