Cumberland, Richard C Philosophers
Cumberland, Richard C Philosophers
Cumberland, Richard
Richard Cumberland, 1631-1718. Critic of the Platonist current in the English thought of his day. His chief work, De legibus naturae, was a comprehensive attack on Hobbes.
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- Brief entry from this philosophical database, with links to related topics.
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- Notes on a rare French edition of Cumberland's book, including a short biography of the author.
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- Brief biographical information on this scholar of natural law.
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- Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, outlining Cumberland's arguments in his chief work, De legibus naturae.
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- Paragraph from the Cambridge History of English and American Literature. Briefly describes Cumberland's De legibus naturae.
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