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What type of materialism did Priestley attempt to combine with theism and determinism?

  • Enlightenment

  • Empiricism

  • Mechanism

  • Audacious and original

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Joseph Priestley attempted to combine theism, materialism, and determinism in an audacious and original project. He believed that this fusion would help promote human progress and bring about the Christian millennium.
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