ABSTRACT

The first complete introduction to the subject ever published, A History of Irish Thought presents an inclusive survey of Irish thought and the history of Irish ideas against the backdrop of current political and social change in Ireland.
Clearly written and engaging, the survey introduces an array of philosophers, polemicists, ideologists, satirists, scientists, poets and political and social reformers, from the anonymous seventh-century monk, the Irish Augustine, and John Scottus Eriugena, to the twentieth century and W.B. Yeats and Iris Murdoch.
Thomas Duddy rediscovers the liveliest and most contested issues in the Irish past, and brings the history of Irish thought up to date. This volume will be of great value to anyone interested in Irish culture and its intellectual history.

chapter |17 pages

Interpreting Marvels

The Irish Augustine

chapter |27 pages

The Philosophy of Creation

John Scottus Eriugena

chapter |37 pages

Nature Observed

Robert Boyle, William Molyneux, and the New Learning

chapter |44 pages

Wonderfully Mending the World

George Berkeley and Jonathan Swift

chapter |46 pages

Against the Selfish Philosophers

Francis Hutcheson, Edmund Burke, and James Usher

chapter |27 pages

Peripheral Visions (1)

Irish Thought in the Nineteenth Century

chapter |44 pages

Peripheral Visions (2):

Irish Thought in the Nineteenth Century

chapter |36 pages

Between Extremities

Irish Thought in the Twentieth Century