Cambridge Platonism

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Cambridge Platonism was a 17th-century English philosophical and theological movement that blended Christian doctrine with Platonic and humanist ideas to defend reason, moral idealism, and religious tolerance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intellectual tradition ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
theological movement ⓘ
associatedWith Benjamin Whichcote ⓘ
Henry More ⓘ
John Smith of Cambridge ⓘ
John Worthington ⓘ
Nathaniel Culverwell ⓘ
Peter Sterry ⓘ
Ralph Cudworth ⓘ
coreIdea God as the source of eternal truths ⓘ
emphasis on the moral and spiritual life ⓘ
freedom of the will ⓘ
harmony of reason and faith ⓘ
innate ideas ⓘ
moral idealism ⓘ
rational religion ⓘ
rejection of theological determinism ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
the goodness of God ⓘ
the intelligibility of the universe ⓘ
country England ⓘ
endTime late 17th century ⓘ
historicalContext English Civil War ⓘ
Interregnum ⓘ
Restoration England ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
inception 17th century ⓘ
c. 1630s ⓘ
influenced Anglican theology ⓘ
English liberal theology ⓘ
Enlightenment moral philosophy ⓘ
latitudinarianism ⓘ
rational theology ⓘ
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
Patristic thought ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mainInstitutionalBase University of Cambridge ⓘ
mainRegion Cambridge ⓘ
linked to: CAMBRIDGE
notableWork A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality ⓘ
Enchiridion Ethicum ⓘ
linked to: Enchiridion

Enchiridion Metaphysicum ⓘ
Moral and Religious Aphorisms ⓘ
Select Discourses ⓘ
The Eternal and Immutable Morality ⓘ
The True Intellectual System of the Universe ⓘ
opposedTo Hobbesian materialism ⓘ
atheism ⓘ
mechanistic philosophy ⓘ
religious enthusiasm ⓘ
strict Calvinist predestinarianism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Christian philosophy ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
early modern philosophy ⓘ
religiousContext Anglicanism ⓘ
Church of England ⓘ
viewOnGod God acts according to wisdom and goodness, not arbitrary will ⓘ
God is perfectly good and rational ⓘ
viewOnHumanNature humans possess an innate capacity to know God ⓘ
the soul is immaterial and immortal ⓘ
viewOnMorality moral distinctions are objective and grounded in God ⓘ
moral truths are eternal and immutable ⓘ
viewOnReason reason as the candle of the Lord ⓘ
viewOnReligion true religion is reasonable and moral ⓘ
viewOnTolerance advocacy of broad religious toleration within Christianity ⓘ

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Renaissance Platonism → influenced → Cambridge Platonism ⓘ
Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway → movement → Cambridge Platonism ⓘ
Latitudinarianism → associatedWith → Cambridge Platonists ⓘ
linked to: Cambridge Platonism
Ralph Cudworth → movement → Cambridge Platonism ⓘ
Anne Finch → influencedBy → Cambridge Platonists ⓘ
linked to: Cambridge Platonism
Anne Finch → philosophicalSchool → Cambridge Platonism ⓘ
Henry More → movement → Cambridge Platonism ⓘ
The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy → influenced → Cambridge Platonist circles ⓘ
linked to: Cambridge Platonism