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Natural Law in English Renaissance Literature by Robert S White is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Natural Law in English Renaissance Literature about?
Natural Law, whether grounded in human reason or divine edict, encourages humankind to follow virtue and shun vice. The concept dominated Renaissance thought, where its literary equivalent, poetic justice, underpinned much of the period's creative writing. Robert White examines a wide range of Renaissance texts to show how writers as radically different as Milton and Hobbes formulated versions of Natural Law that served to maintain socially established hierarchies. This is the first book to apply a vast area of intellectual history to imaginative literature across a variety of genres during the Renaissance period.
Who reads Natural Law in English Renaissance Literature?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robert S White
- Publisher
- Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521481427
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Philosophy
- Rating
- 2 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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