9 7 ) ▁ ▁St illing f le et ▁engaged ▁in ▁a ▁debate ▁through ▁correspond ence ▁( l ater ▁published ) ▁with ▁Lock e . ▁He ▁argued ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁dual ism , ▁and ▁claimed ▁that ▁Lock e ' s ▁Ess ay ▁argued ▁against ▁dual ism ▁as ▁he ▁understood ▁it . ▁He ▁also ▁considered ▁that ▁the ▁ep ist em ology ▁of ▁the ▁Ess ay ▁opened ▁the ▁door ▁to ▁Un itar ian ism . ▁Lock e ▁himself ▁had ▁taken ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁St illing f le et ▁( with ▁James ▁T yr rell ▁and ▁Syl v ester ▁Br oun ower ) ▁from ▁ 1 6 8 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁controvers y ▁drew ▁in ▁the ▁play w right ▁Catherine ▁C ock burn , ▁who ▁wrote ▁in ▁defence ▁of ▁Lock e , ▁but ▁to ▁the ▁det r iment ▁of ▁her ▁career ▁as ▁author . ▁ ▁Anti qu arian ▁scholar ship ▁Orig ines ▁Sac ra e ▁( 1 6 6 3 ) ▁began ▁with ▁a ▁compreh ensive ▁analysis ▁of ▁fla ws ▁in ▁ancient ▁histor ians , ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁of ▁def ending ▁the ▁account ▁in ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Gen esis . ▁It ▁argued ▁against ▁the ▁Pre - Ad am ite ▁theories ▁of ▁Isaac ▁La ▁P ey r ère , ▁and ▁took ▁a ▁very ▁critical ▁line ▁with ▁the ▁older ▁theories ▁of ▁ancient ▁British ▁orig ins , ▁and ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁An nius ▁of ▁V iter bo . ▁ ▁Another ▁work ▁going ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁roots ▁was ▁* ▁Orig ines ▁Britannica e : ▁Or , ▁The ▁Anti