Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Family Tree xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One. DIVINING REASON
7. 1 Faith in Reason 11
8. 2 Breaking Away 29
9. 3 Education of an Anglican 47
10. 4 The Road to Unitarianism 60
11. 5 Exercising Reason 73
12. 6 Trials in Cambridge 87
13. Part Two. DEFINING REASON
14. 7 Trials in London 101
15. 8 Reasoning in Uneasy Times 112
16. 9 Heiress 131
17. 10 Son of India 145
18. 11 Reading Man 158
19. 12 Laying the Groundwork 172
20. 13 Unitarian Women 188
21. 14 Gentleman of Reason 207
22. 15 Reasoning among the Stars 223
23. 16 Expanding Consciousness 239
24. Part Three. DIVIDING REASON
25. 17 Home on Gower Street 255
26. 18 Rearing Young Seedlings 273
27. 19 Expanding Reason 294
28. 20 Beyond Matter 318
29. 21 Beyond Reason 336
30. Epilogue 351
31. Notes 355
32. Index 407