Reflections Upon Learning, wherein is shewn the insufficiency thereof, in its several particulars: in order to evince the usefulness and necessity of revelation. The fourth edition.

BAKER, Thomas (1656-1740).

Edité par Printed for A. Bosvile ., 1708., London:, 1708

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8vo. [16], 295, [1] pp. Woodcut head- and tailpieces, initial letters. Original full blind-stamped calf, raised bands, black gilt-stamped spine label, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Very good. "In 1699, the Cambridge non-juror, Thomas Baker, had published anonymously his Reflections Upon Learning. Among his critical correspondents was John Woodward, the Professor of Physic at Gresham College. Baker has attempted to criticize the shortcomings of all human learning, in order to emphasize the importance of a whole-hearted belief in revelation." â Â" J.E. Force, R.H. Popkin (editors), The Books of Nature and Scripture: Recent Essays on Natural Philosophy, Theology and Biblical Criticism in the Netherlands of Spinoza's Time. . . Springer, 1994, p. 149. Contents include: Of Language, Grammar, Rhetoric and Eloquence, Logic, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Metaphysics, History, Chronology, Geography, Civil Law, Canon Law, Physick, Critical Learning, Oriental Learning Jewish and Arabian, Scholastic Learning. Thomas Baker was an English Antiquarian. ESTC: T115163. N° de réf. du vendeur PW1044

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Titre : Reflections Upon Learning, wherein is shewn ...

Éditeur : Printed for A. Bosvile ., 1708., London:

Date d'édition : 1708

Reliure : Couverture rigide