Herbert of Cherbury(C. 1582–1648)
Edward Herbert, the first Baron Herbert of Cherbury, courtier, soldier, diplomat, poet, historian, philosopher, and theologian, was the brother of George Herbe...
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The English philosopher, poet, diplomat, and historian Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583-1648), is considered the father of English deism. His major work, "On Truth," is one of the f...
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Soldier and diplomat, peer, poet, and philosopher, Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, was far more celebrated in his day than his younger brother, the now-familiar devotional poet George Herbert. Where...
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Widely recognized as an influential philosopher because of his seminal tract on deism, De Veritate (1624), Edward Herbert has nevertheless remained a poet known primarily by association: as the older ...
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Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, is often regarded as a curious and eccentric figure occupying an uncertain position in the first half of the seventeenth century. He asserted the chivalric, military,...
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Herbert of Cherbury (C. 1582-1648)
Edward Herbert
Edward Herbert