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By Brandie R. Siegfried,Lisa T. Sarasohn,Brandie R, Assoc Prof Siegfried,Lisa T, Professor Sarasohn
Only lately have students started to notice Margaret Cavendish’s references to 'God,' 'spirits,' and the 'rational soul,' and little has been released during this regard. This quantity addresses that shortage by way of taking over the theological threads woven into Cavendish’s rules approximately nature, subject, magic, governance, and social family members, with precise cognizance given to Cavendish’s literary and philosophical works.
Reflecting the vigorous country of Cavendish reviews, God and Nature within the considered Margaret Cavendish allows disagreements one of the contributing authors, whose readings of Cavendish occasionally range in major methods; and it encourages additional exploration of the theological components obtrusive in her literary and philosophical works. regardless of the range of idea constructed right here, a number of major issues of convergence determine a starting place for destiny paintings on Cavendish’s imaginative and prescient of nature, philosophy, and God. The chapters accumulated right here improve our figuring out of the intriguing-and occasionally brilliant-contributions Cavendish made to debates approximately God’s position within the medical cosmos.
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