Bodies of Thought: Science, Religion, and the Soul in the Early Enlightenment: Book Review

Authors

Robin Runia

Keywords

Religion in the Age of Enlightenment, review

Abstract

Of what does the soul consist? What is the relationship of the soul to the body? What are the implications of the soul's materiality or immateriality for its immortality? Ann Thomson's meticulous examination of these questions and the answers posed by early Enlightenment thinkers sets out to show how previous critical labels have failed to adequately reflect the complexity of the period's debates about the soul.

Recommended Citation

Runia, Robin (2011) "Bodies of Thought: Science, Religion, and the Soul in the Early Enlightenment: Book Review," Religion in the Age of Enlightenment: Vol. 2, Article 17.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/rae/vol2/iss1/17