The Metaphysical Society (1869-1880) : intellectual life in mid-Victorian England /
The Metaphysical Society was founded in 1869 at the instigation of James Knowles with a view to 'collect, arrange, and diffuse Knowledge (whether objective or subjective) of mental and moral phenomena.' The Society was a private dining and debate club that gathered together a latter-day cl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The Metaphysical Society was founded in 1869 at the instigation of James Knowles with a view to 'collect, arrange, and diffuse Knowledge (whether objective or subjective) of mental and moral phenomena.' The Society was a private dining and debate club that gathered together a latter-day clerisy. Building on the tradition of the Cambridge Apostles, they elected talented members from across the Victorian intellectual spectrum: Bishops, one Cardinal, philosophers, men of science, literary figures, and politicians. The Society included in its 62 members prominent figures such as T.H. Huxley, William Gladstone, Walter Bagehot, Henry Edward Manning, John Ruskin, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. This title moves beyond Alan Willard Brown's 1947 pioneering study of the Metaphysical Society by offering a more detailed analysis of its inner dynamics and its larger impact outside the dining room at the Grosvenor Hotel. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191881596 0191881597 9780192585523 0192585525 9780192585516 0192585517 |