Cudworth, Ralph (1617-1688)

The True Intellectual System of the Universe. London: Printed for Richard Royston, Bookseller to His most sacred Majesty, [1678].First edition, folio, engraved title, typographical title printed in red and black, bound in contemporary speckled boards with gilt roll-tooled compartments and corner pieces, rebacked and re-cornered, new pastedowns and endleaves; ex libris George Rose, with his engraved armorial bookplate pasted inside the front board; contents with some edge toning, one bifolium browned; last two leaves [(l)3 & (l)4] with "A Catalogue of Books" printed on one side only and pasted together back-to-back,12 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.Cudworth was part of the movement of Cambridge Platonists, in the late 17th century. "The Platonists constructed a natural theology supporting the concept of free will, and opposing the materialism of Thomas Hobbes. To its members, there was no natural divide between philosophy and theology. Reason could, therefore, sort out rival theological and ethical claims without the violence that had troubled their generation.' (see Charles M. Richards, https://iep.utm.edu/cudworth/ on The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP) (ISSN 2161-0002) https://iep.utm.edu/home/about/)Wing C-741; ESTC R27278.