Best known today as one of the earliest critics of John Locke, John Norris (1657-1711) incorporated ideas of Augustine, Malebranche, Plato, the Cambridge Platonists, and the scholastics into an original synthesis that was highly influential on the philosophy and theology of his day. W. J. Mander presents a much-needed study of this unjustly neglected thinker, and the different perspectives he offers on this seminal period in philosophical history.

W. J. Mander teaches philosophy at Harris Manchester College. He has published extensively on the history of British Idealism.

• PREFACE


• 1: LIFE, WORK, AND INFLUENCES


• 2: METAPHYSICS


• 3: KNOWLEDGE


• 4: FAITH AND REASON


• 5: LOVE


• 6: CONTROVERSY WITH LOCKE


• 7: CONCLUDING REMARKS


• BIBLIOGRAPHY