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James Cudworth

Disciplines:
theology
ethics
metaphysics

Summary

This is likely a reference to Ralph Cudworth, Cambridge Platonist philosopher who wrote The True Intellectual System of the Universe arguing against atheism and materialism.

Core Contribution

Argued for the existence of immutable moral truths independent of God's will (anti-voluntarism), the reality of mind over matter, and a plastic nature as an intermediary between God and the mechanical world.

Notable Works & Achievements

The True Intellectual System of the Universe

Historical Influences

Plato Plotinus John Smith

Intellectual Lineage

Cambridge Platonism Protestant Philosophy

Contemporaries & Peers

Henry More Benjamin Whichcote

Minds Influenced

Anthony Collins Shaftesbury

Intellectual Posterity

Cambridge Platonism Moral Realism

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