Joseph Glanvill

Joseph Glanvill was a writer and philosopher (1636–1680). He was born at Plymouth and died at Bath.

Joseph Glanvill in brief

Born
1636
Died
1680
Known for
writer and philosopher
Place of birth
Plymouth
Contents

Catalogued works

49 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1666 to 1981.

Saducismus Triumphatus. Scir[e/i] tuum nihil est: or, The authors defence of The vanity of dogmatizing. A letter from Glanvill to More. Some discourses, sermons and remains of the Reverend Mr. Jos. Glanvil, late rector of Bathe ... Catholick charity recommended in a sermon [on I Pet.i.22], before the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, and the aldermen of London. A letter on preexistence to Richard Baxter. Some discourses, sermons, and remains of the Reverend Mr. Jos. Glanvil ... A blow at modern sadducism. Logou thrēskeia, or, A seasonable recommendation and defence of reason in the affairs of religion. A censure upon certain passages contained in the History of the Royall Society, as being destructive to the established religion and Church of England. The way of happiness and salvation rescued from vulgar errours. Catholick charity. Saducismus triumphatus, or, Full and plaine evidence concerning witches and apparitions. Seasonable reflections and discourses in order to the conviction & cure of the scoffing, & infidelity of a degenerate age. An earnest invitation to the sacrament of the Lords Supper. An account of Mr. Ferguson, his common-place-book. Scepsis scientifica, or, Confest ignorance, the way to science; in an essay of the vanity of dogmatizing, and confident opinion. Saducismus triumphatus, or, Full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions. Some philosophical considerations touching the being of witches and witchcraft. Sadducismus triumphatus; or, A full and plain evidence, concerning witches and apparitions. Lux orientalis. Scepsis scientifica. A philosophical endeavor in the defence of the being of witches and apparitions. [Saducismus triumphatus. The way to happinesse. Scepsis scientifica, or, Confest ignorance, the way to science. The vanity of dogmatizing. Saducismus triumphatus; or, Full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions (1689). Den duyvel van Tedworth, ofte een historie van spookery. The zealous, and impartial Protestant. Some discourses, sermons and remains of the Reverend Mr. Jos. Glanvil. A praefatory answer to Mr. Henry Stubbe, the Doctor of Warwick. Sadducismus triumphatus. Lux Orientalis, Or An Enquiry into the Opinion of the Eastern Sages Concerning the Praeexistence Of Souls. Being a Key to unlock the Grand Mysteries of Providence, In relation to mans Sin and Misery. ... (3 lines). A blow at modern Sadducism in some philosophical considerations about witchcraft. The Zealous, and Impartial Protestant, Shewing Some great, but less heeded Dangers Of Popery. In Order to Thorough and Effectual Security against it. In a Letter To a Member of Parliament. (device; cannon and crown. H.B.). Logou Thrēskeia. An Essay Concerning Preaching. An Account Of Mr. Fergvson His Common-Place-Book, In Two Letters. (ornament). Two Choice and Vsefvl Treatises. A VVhip For The Droll. Fidler to the Atheist. The great debate on miracles : from Joseph Glanvill to David Hume / R. M. Burns., dated [1981], held by Wellcome Collection. Saducismus triumphatus: or, full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions. With some account of Mr. Glanvil's life and writings / [Joseph Glanvill]., dated 1726, held by Wellcome Collection. M0014282: Glanvill: <i>Saducismus triumphatus</i>, 1681: frontispiece, dated October 1955, held by Wellcome Collection. M0016708: Glanvill: <i>Saducismus triumphatus</i>, 1681: title page, dated 1958, held by Wellcome Collection. Plus ultra: or, the progress and advancement of knowledge since the days of Aristotle. In an account of some of the most remarkable late improvements of practical, useful learning / [Joseph Glanvill]., dated 1668, held by Wellcome Collection. Some philosophical considerations touching the being of witches and witchcraft / Written in a letter to ... Robert Hunt Esq., by J.G. a member of the Royal Society [i.e. Joseph Glanvill]., dated [1667], held by Wellcome Collection. Saducismus triumphatus: or, full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions : in two parts. The first treating of their possibility, the second of their real existence. With a letter of Dr. Henry More on the same subject. And an authentick ... story of certain Swedish witches / done into English by Anth. Horneck. By Joseph Glanvill., dated [1689], held by Wellcome Collection. A philosophical endeavour : towards the defence of the being of vvitches and apparitions. In a letter to the much honoured, Robert Hunt, esq; by a member of the Royal Society., dated 1666, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 47 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

8 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Glanvill, Joseph (1636–1680), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Glanvill, Joseph (1636–80), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. IV. The Philosophy of Glanvill, Joseph Glanvill, 1900. VII. Glanvill as a Man Of Letters, Joseph Glanvill, 1900. 711 From Joseph Glanvill C.February 1663, Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter, Vol. 2: 1660–1696, 1991. La ilustración platónica y los vitalistas modernos, Stoa, 2024. A ciência nas utopias de Campanella, Bacon, Comenius, e Glanvill, Kriterion, 2002. "Many a good, old honest woman hath been condemned innocently": Cavendish and Glanvill on witchcraft, Belgrade Philosophical Annual, 2024.

Digitised editions and texts

4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

The Vanity of Dogmatizing (1931) — Internet Archive. Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science ; in an Essay of the Vanity of ... (1885) — Internet Archive. Scepsis scientifica: Or, Confest ignorance, the way to science; in an essay of the vanity of dogmatizing and confident opinion (1855) — Internet Archive. Essays on several important subjects in philosophy and religion (1970) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1636Joseph Glanvill born at Plymouth.
  2. 1680Joseph Glanvill died at Bath.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

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    711 From Joseph Glanvill C.February 1663, Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter, Vol. 2: 1660–1696, 1991

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    Glanvill, Joseph (1636–1680), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

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    Glanvill, Joseph (1636–80), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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    IV. The Philosophy of Glanvill, Joseph Glanvill, 1900

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    Open Library author record for Joseph Glanvill (Internet Archive), 109 catalogued works.

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    VII. Glanvill as a Man Of Letters, Joseph Glanvill, 1900

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 3 articles naming Joseph Glanvill.

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    Internet Archive, 4 digitised items catalogued under Joseph Glanvill as creator.

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 47 works naming Joseph Glanvill.

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2713252: Joseph Glanvill

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  11. 11.

    “Joseph Glanvill”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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