Article ID: CBB284265057

Henry More and the Development of Absolute Time (2015)

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This paper explores the nature, development and influence of the first English account of absolute time, put forward in the mid-seventeenth century by the ‘Cambridge Platonist’ Henry More. Against claims in the literature that More does not have an account of time, this paper sets out More's evolving account and shows that it reveals the lasting influence of Plotinus. Further, this paper argues that More developed his views on time in response to his adoption of Descartes' vortex cosmology and cosmogony, providing new evidence of More's wider project to absorb Cartesian natural philosophy into his Platonic metaphysics. Finally, this paper argues that More should be added to the list of sources that later English thinkers – including Newton and Samuel Clarke – drew on in constructing their absolute accounts of time.

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Authors & Contributors
Gasparri, Giuliano
Gorman, Cassandra
Spink, Aaron
Luigi Di Franco
Thomas, Emily
Smith, Kurt
Concepts
Cartesianism
Metaphysics
Natural philosophy
Philosophy
Platonism
Physics
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
Places
France
Europe
Sicily
Netherlands
Italy
Institutions
Cambridge University
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