Cudworth
1617–1688
“A Cambridge Platonist who defended eternal moral truths and a plastic nature.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TRTrust in Reason8 / 10
- MRMystical Receptivity7 / 10
- TDTheoretical Drive7 / 10
- ATAscetic Tendency7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Marsilio FicinoLIGHTHOUSE
For his Renaissance Neoplatonism, the soul is the bond between God and matter.
- PorphyryLIGHTHOUSE
Editor of Plotinus; Isagoge framed medieval logic for a thousand years.
- IamblichusLIGHTHOUSE
Theurgy — ritual practice as the soul's ascent to the divine.
- DamasciusLIGHTHOUSE
Last head of the Athenian Academy — the Ineffable beyond even the One.
- ProclusLIGHTHOUSE
In his systematic Neoplatonism every cause overflows itself, and reality descends in graded triads.
- HypatiaLIGHTHOUSE
Alexandrian mathematician and Neoplatonist; pagan martyr at Christian hands.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Cudworth's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Cudworth or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPARECudworth vs Marsilio FicinoOn Mull's map Marsilio Ficino sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶