John Sergeant (priest)
John Sergeant (1621–1707 or 1710) was an English
Life
He was a son of William Sergeant, a
He subsequently moved to the
At the time of the
Works
He was reportedly difficult to work with, saying and writing many things that offended even his co-religionists.[3] He was a voluminous writer, leaving over fifty works, either published or in manuscript.
His three philosophical works, written late in life, were:
1. The Method to Science. London, 1696.
2. Solid Philosophy Asserted, Against the Fancies of the Ideists: or, The Method to Science Farther Illustrated. With Reflexions on Mr. Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding. London, 1697.
3. Transnatural Philosophy, or Metaphysicks: Demonstrating the Essences and Operations of all Beings whatever, which gives the Principles to all other Sciences. And shewing the perfect Conformity of Christian Faith to Right Reason, and the Unreason ableness of Atheists, Deists, Anti-trinitarians, and other Sectaries. London, 1700.
References
- Dorothea Crook, John Sergeant And His Circle – A Study Of Three Seventeenth Century English Aristotelians, EJ Brill, 1993. Describes his work and philosophy.
- Journal of the House of Commons: volume 9: 1667–1687 (1802), pp. 710–712. Accessed 23 July 2009.
Notes
- ^ "Sergeant, John (SRGT639J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Burton, Edwin (1913). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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