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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. Mechanical Life: Descartes, Hobbes, and the Implications of Mechanism 19
- 2. The Life of the Soul: The Cambridge Reaction 50
- 3. Material Life: Milton's Animist Materialism 79
- 4. Milton and Anne Conway 111
- 5. Milton's True Poem and the Substance of Epic Angels 137
- 6. Sin and Death: The Substance of Allegory 168
- 7. To Shadowy Types from Truth: Satan's Mechanist Descent 194
- 8. "After Another Method": Sacred War as Philosophical Battle 223
- Epilogue 244
- Index 257
- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 265
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. Mechanical Life: Descartes, Hobbes, and the Implications of Mechanism 19
- 2. The Life of the Soul: The Cambridge Reaction 50
- 3. Material Life: Milton's Animist Materialism 79
- 4. Milton and Anne Conway 111
- 5. Milton's True Poem and the Substance of Epic Angels 137
- 6. Sin and Death: The Substance of Allegory 168
- 7. To Shadowy Types from Truth: Satan's Mechanist Descent 194
- 8. "After Another Method": Sacred War as Philosophical Battle 223
- Epilogue 244
- Index 257
- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 265