'The church in danger' : latitudinarians, Socinians, and Hobbists -- Animal spirits and living fibres -- Mortalists and materialists -- Journalism, exile, and clandestinity -- Mid-eighteenth-century materialism -- Epilogue : some consequences
Summary
Examining the development of a secular, purely material conception of human beings in the early Enlightenment, 'Bodies of Thought' provides a fresh perspective on the intellectual culture of this period and challenges influential interpretations of irreligious thought and the 'Radical Enlightenment'
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-281) and index
