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Chapter 14 - Philosophy

from Part III - Disciplinary Connections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

Jeffrey W. Barbeau
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Wheaton College, Illinois
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Summary

The empiricist legacy of John Locke developed in various directions in the British Romantic period, especially informing the movement known as theological utilitarianism, which taught ethics based on prudence and sought evidences for a benevolent, Christian God as designer of the world. This approach was challenged, however, above all by the idealism of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who drew on Platonic and recent German sources. Further, newly translated Hindu texts influenced both metaphysical speculation and practical recommendations of a life of moderation and self-denial, including in the work of several female novelists in the period.

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  • Philosophy
  • Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Wheaton College, Illinois
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion
  • Online publication: 01 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609661.014
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  • Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Wheaton College, Illinois
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion
  • Online publication: 01 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609661.014
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  • Philosophy
  • Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Wheaton College, Illinois
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion
  • Online publication: 01 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609661.014
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