English theologian and founding figure of Cambridge Platonism, known primarily through his sermons and aphorisms emphasizing the harmony of reason and faith.
The candle of the Lord is the spirit of man: human reason is a divine spark enabling us to know moral and religious truth; against Calvinist claims that reason is fallen and useless in religious matters.
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