Season 8 · Episode 71
427 Republic: Learning, Philosophy, Science
The revolutionary period released a burst of creative energy
The History of England · David Crowther
March 9, 202542m 35s
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Show Notes
Thomas Hobbes has been described as 'one of the true founders of modernity in Western culture'. His most famous work Leviathan was inspired by the issues raised by the Revolution, published in 1651 as he came home - and used to support the Protectorate. Meanwhile in Oxford, Wilkins, Boyle, Hooke, Petty, Ward and others were rewriting the rules of Natural Philosophy
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