Abraham Tucker

Abraham Tucker

(1705-1774) Philosophic writer, born in London, and educated at Oxford, was a country gentleman, who devoted himself to the study of philosophy, and wrote under the name of Edward Search, a work in 7 volumes, The Light of Nature Followed (1768-78). It is rather a miscellany than a systematic treatise, but contains much original and acute thinking.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Literature
Category: General literature
Company:
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

Abraham

Religion; Judaism

The first Jew, the founder of Judaism, the physical and spiritual ancestor of the Jewish people. One of the three Patriarchs of Judaism.

Abraham

History; World history

The first patriarch in the Bible. Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his son, Isaac, and was rewarded for being prepared to do so. He is considered by Jewish people as the ...

Abraham

Language; Encyclopedias

The Hebrew patriarch, ancestor of the Jews, the very type of an Eastern pastoral chief at once by his dignified character and simple faith.

Abraham

History; Israeli history

Patriarch recognized as the founder of monotheism, Abraham is respected in all three primary monotheistic faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam). Presumed to have lived sometime ...

Abraham

Religion; Christianity

Abraham originally Abram, is the first of the three biblical patriarchs....He was called by God to leave the house of his father Terah and settle in a land which was already ...

Theseus

Literature; General literature

Theseus was the mythical founder-king of Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, both of whom Aethra had slept with in one night.

Demigod

Literature; General literature

A demigod (or demi-god), meaning half-god, is originally a Greek mythological figure whose one parent was a god and whose other parent was human.

fool's literature

Literature; General literature

Allegorical satires popular throughout Europe from the 15th to the 17th century, featuring the fool, or jester, who represented the weaknesses, vices, and grotesqueries of ...

the alchemist by Paul Coelho

Literature; General literature

One of the best selling books in history. It set the Guinness World Record for most translated book by a living author. It’s the story of a poor shepherd boy who travels the world ...

Romain Gary

Literature; General literature

Romain Gary (21 May [O.S. 8 May] 1914 – 2 December 1980), born Roman Kacew, and also known by other pen names, like Émile Ajar, was a French diplomat, novelist, film director and ...

Nature

Literature; General literature

The essay "Nature" was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1836 creation believed by many to be the spark that popularized transcendentalism as a cultural movement.