John Craige's Mathematical Principles of Christian Theology (Journal on the History of Philosophy)

By Richard T. Nash

First published in Latin in 1699, John Craige s "Theology "represents a rare early attempt to introduce mathematical reasoning into moral and theological dispute.Craige s effort to determine the earliest possible date of the Apocalypse earned him ridicule as an eccentric and a crank. Yet, Richard Nash argues, the intensity of the response to Craige s work testifies to how widely felt the conflict was between the old and newly emergent notions of probability."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809316625
• ISBN13: 9780809316625
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"