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Whichcote and ShaftesburyThirkill Room, Clare College15.01.2018In the morning seminar Dr Mark Burden (Bristol) discussed the textual questions surrounding Whichcote’s works. James Deotis Roberts, Sr., From Puritanism to Platonism in Seventeenth Century England (The Hague, 1968) views Whichcote as the leading figure of the Cambridge Platonists. Dr B…

The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism proudly hosted Prof. John Dillon on 30 November. Prof. Dillon participated in a research meeting of the AHRC funded project The Cambridge Platonists at the origins of Enlightenment: texts, debates, and reception (1650-1730) before discussing the origins of dogmatism within the Platonic tradition in hi…

Colloquium Adamantianum IDivine and Human Freedom: The Philosophical Significance of the Church Father Origen (Theo Kobusch)Each of the biannual Colloquia Adamantiana, organized by the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism, revolves around the research of one pre-eminent Origen scholar who responds to queries raised in papers on his major pub…