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Samuel Hartlib was a key figure in the intellectual revolution of the seventeenth century. Originally from Elbing, in Prussig, Hartlib settled permanently in England from the late 1620s until his death in 1662. His aspirations formed a distinctive and influential strand in English intellectual life during those revolutionary decades. This volume reflects the variety of the theoretical and practical interests of Hartlib's circle and presents them in their continental context. The editors of the volume are all attached to the Hartlib Papers Project at the University of Sheffield, a major collaborative research effort to exploit the largely untapped resources of the surviving Hartlib manuscripts. In an introduction to the volume they explore the background to the Hartlib circle and provide the context in which the essays should be read.
This book focuses on Samuel Hartlib and his vision of education towards the natural sciences.
Consists chiefly of letters to Hartlib, apparently written by Cressy Dymock, though most are attributed by some authorities to Robert Child (cf. Dircks).
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Excerpt from Samuel Hartlib: A Sketch of His Life and His Relations to J. A Comenius I may speak it with a safe conscience, that I never all the dayes of my life reflected seriously upon my pedigree preferring my heavenly birth above all such vanities, and afterwards studying more to this very day to be usefull to God's creatures, and service able to his church, then to be rich or honour'able.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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