Henrici Mori Cantabrigiensis Opera Omnia tum Quae Latine, tum Quae Anglice Scripta
by Henry More
| Henrici Mori Cantabrigiensis Opera Omnia | ||
 at the College of William & Mary. |
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| Author | Henry More | |
| Published | Londini: Typis J. Macock, impensis J. Martyn & Gault. Kettilby, sub insignibus Campanae, & Capitis Episcopi in Coemeterio D. Pauli | |
| Date | 1679 | |
More[1] was a rationalist theologian.[2] He attempted to use the details of 17th-century mechanical philosophy—as developed by René Descartes—to establish the existence of immaterial substance.[3] He was a prolific writer of verse and prose. The Divine Dialogues (1688), a treatise which condenses his general view of philosophy and religion. Like many others he began as a poet and ended as a prose writer. This work was a folio of all of his works, translated into Latin at the urging of a friend as it was believed this would help his works be remembered as classics.[4]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Mori opera. 2.v. fol." and kept by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson later sold a copy to the Library of Congress in 1815,[5] but the library rebound it, possibly removing any definitive signs of Wythe's previous ownership. However, volume two of this copy does include the inscription "George Walker, Mill Creek, Virginia, 1770" on the title page.[6] Wythe's maternal family owned property near Mill Creek, Virginia[7] and his grandfather, uncle and cousin were named George Walker.[8] Both the Brown Bibliography[9] and George Wythe's Library[10] on LibraryThing list the 1679 edition of this title based on Thomas Jefferson's copy at the Library of Congress. The Wolf Law Library has yet to purchase a copy of More's Opera Omnia.
See also
References
- ↑ Sarah Hutton, "More, Henry (1614-1687)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed September 24, 2024.
- ↑ Henry, John, "Henry More", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:124 [no.1532].
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ William Edwin Hemphill, "George Wythe the Colonial Briton: A Biographical Study of the Pre-Revolutionary Era in Virginia," (PhD diss., University of Virgina, 1937), 16.
- ↑ "George Walker I" in The Mullins Family History Project, accessed September 24, 2024. From the birth/death dates of the three George Walkers, the previous owner was most likely Wythe's uncle George Walker II (died 1773) or cousin Col. George Walker III (died 1800).
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, 2024) Microsoft Word file.
- ↑ LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on September 24, 2024.
