Covetous of Truth: The Life and Work of Thomas White, 1593-1676

by Beverley C. Southgate

Book Overview

Thomas White, in the quatercentenary of his birth, is due for historical rehabilitation. English Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian, and scientist, he was a renowned and notorious figure in his own day; and, though long forgot- ten, his work exemplifies aspects of major current concern to historians of ideas: in particular, the significance of the newly-revived sceptical philosophy; the complexity ofthe transition from scholasticism to the new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792319265
• ISBN13: 9780792319269
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.6"