Boyle on Atheism - 9780802090188

Boyle on AtheismAuthor(s): J.J. MacIntosh\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802090188, 978-0802090188\nSynopsis\nOpposition to atheism flourished in the seventeenth century, and famed scientist-philosopher Robert Boyle [tel] was so opposed to it that he had planned throughout his life to publish a work on his various objections, a project that never came to fruition. Despite this, a great deal of his thought on atheism still exists within the manuscripts he left behind after his death.\n\nWith Boyle on Atheism, [url] MacIntosh has culled the Boyle manuscripts held at the Royal Society Library in London and transcribed the portions that relate to atheism, arranging them in the order Boyle appears to have intended (as outlined in one of the pieces). The volume contains Boyle's views on the causes (and remedies) of atheism, the nature of God, various possible arguments for God's existence, the excellency.