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Robert Boyle and the English Revolution: A Study in Social and Intellectual Change
240 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1977
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August 16, 2014
A. Thesis
1. In order to understand Boyle's thought we must view it in the context of the English Revolution & counter revolution (civil wars, Interregnum, and Restoration). This does not focus of Boyle's science but his ideological views.
B. Conversion and Commitment
1. Religious conversion at age 12 when a storm came that he thought was judgment day
2. In 1641 the Irish Rebellion broke out and altered his families fortune
3. As a result Boyle goes to London
4. Became involved in the Hartlib circle
a) Followed Czech philosopher Comenius
b) The tools for the triumph of Protestantism were science and learning
C. Ethic and Experience
1. Boyle goes through 2 changes in regards to virtue
a) Rejects the virtue and descent of his father.
b) He did not want to be associated with the Aristocracy
2. Yet he accepts the virtue of the inner spirit
a) This is the key to all happiness for him
D. Revelation and Revolution: Boyle coming to terms with England in the 1640s & 50s
1. From 1648 to 1655 the military government ruled
a) Boyle was afraid that this government would attack xianity. Wrote Theodora. Theodora's martyrdom was a symbol for all to keep the faith
b) In 1651 Boyle changes and sees government more favorably
2. Learning and the Revolution
a) The study of nature i the best defense for irreligion.
b) Man can become closer to God through the study of his works
c) Hermetic Doctrine: Man was created to contemplate and care for God's creatures
E. "Reformation of the World" & Restoration
1. Boyle embraced the Restoration because he could advance his ideas of the Civil Wars and the Interregnum
a) Advancement of learning
b) Propagation of scripture based xianiy
2. Boyle believed in the joint purposes of the empire (trade, science, religion, reformation)
3. Became involved with the Latitudinarians and Royal Society
1. In order to understand Boyle's thought we must view it in the context of the English Revolution & counter revolution (civil wars, Interregnum, and Restoration). This does not focus of Boyle's science but his ideological views.
B. Conversion and Commitment
1. Religious conversion at age 12 when a storm came that he thought was judgment day
2. In 1641 the Irish Rebellion broke out and altered his families fortune
3. As a result Boyle goes to London
4. Became involved in the Hartlib circle
a) Followed Czech philosopher Comenius
b) The tools for the triumph of Protestantism were science and learning
C. Ethic and Experience
1. Boyle goes through 2 changes in regards to virtue
a) Rejects the virtue and descent of his father.
b) He did not want to be associated with the Aristocracy
2. Yet he accepts the virtue of the inner spirit
a) This is the key to all happiness for him
D. Revelation and Revolution: Boyle coming to terms with England in the 1640s & 50s
1. From 1648 to 1655 the military government ruled
a) Boyle was afraid that this government would attack xianity. Wrote Theodora. Theodora's martyrdom was a symbol for all to keep the faith
b) In 1651 Boyle changes and sees government more favorably
2. Learning and the Revolution
a) The study of nature i the best defense for irreligion.
b) Man can become closer to God through the study of his works
c) Hermetic Doctrine: Man was created to contemplate and care for God's creatures
E. "Reformation of the World" & Restoration
1. Boyle embraced the Restoration because he could advance his ideas of the Civil Wars and the Interregnum
a) Advancement of learning
b) Propagation of scripture based xianiy
2. Boyle believed in the joint purposes of the empire (trade, science, religion, reformation)
3. Became involved with the Latitudinarians and Royal Society
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