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Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter is a character in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber.

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Also known as the amiable Baxter, Richard Baxter, Baxter, the kindly Baxter

First appearance: 0009-iv-the-religious-foundations-of-worldly-asceticism

Puritan divine whose pastoral writings exemplify the practical ethics of ascetic Protestantism.

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