The target audience for these volumes are those interested in the primary source content, as well as the history and thought of elite Victorian thinkers. The introduction, commentary, apparatus, and indices make these high-level essays more accessible. The footnotes are thorough and helpful when placing the source material within its proper historical context [T]his edition is essential for those interested in the broad range of topics discussed, as well as the history of the discussion and the persons involved in the Metaphysical Society.

Elizabeth H. Farnsworth, Newman Studies Journal

In the introduction the three editors contend that the Metaphysical Society and what it produced deserves to be given its rightful place in the Victorian history of ideas (p. 25). Their critical edition of the societys papers fulfills that objective magnificently. It is a veritable treasure trove of nineteenthcentury intellectual history that ought to be on the shelves of every serious research library.

Gowan Dawson, The British Journal for the History of Science

In sum, the publication of these three volumes opens up a whole new fertile field for scholarly investigation.Overall the editors have done a marvellously meticulous job in preparing these three substantial volumes of papers for publication and in consequence have rendered a great service to scholarship, particularly to the history of ideas of the mid-Victorian period. Scholars of nineteenth-century Victorian thought owe them a real debt of gratitude for their extensive critical labours. s

The Metaphysical Society was founded in 1869 at the instigation of James Knowles (editor of the Contemporary Review and then of the Nineteenth Century) with a view to "collect, arrange, and diffuse Knowledge (whether objective or subjective) of mental and moral phenomena " (first resolution of the Society in April 1869). The Society was a private club which 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. The papers they produced are key primary sources which shed new light on the ideas of their authors on the burning subjects of the day, ranging from the existence and personality of God to the nature of conscience or the existence of the soul. They are a legacy of a period when intellectuals were wondering how, and what, to believe in a time of social change, spiritual crisis, and scientific progress. The dissolution of the Society in 1880 did not diminish the value of the papers: they illustrate a tradition of private, open discussion among famous men of the most widely varying views; they offer detailed insight into the evolution of the relationships between different schools of Victorian scientific and religious thought; and they bring to light heretofore under-represented points of conflict and harmony. All 95 papers are included, accompanied by introductions and scholarly notes that set each paper into their proper context.
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This edition contains the 95 papers delivered during the meetings of the Metaphysical Society (1869-1880), a private club composed of almost all of the major members of the British intellectual elite. Among its prominent members were T. H. Huxley, William Gladstone, Walter Bagehot, Henry Edward Manning, John Ruskin, and Alfred Lord Tennyson.
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VOLUME I; VOLUME II; VOLUME III
This edition releases never before published primary sources that illustrate important changes within the intellectual elite during the 1870s. The Metaphysical Society was composed of scientists, politicians, religious figures and other intellectuals, and the edition will be of interest to scholars working across a wide range of topics. The Papers are accompanied by a substantial scholarly apparatus, including headnotes, annotations, and introduction. The edition is split into three volumes for ease of use, illustrated with portraits of members of the Society.
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This edition releases never before published primary sources that illustrate important changes within the intellectual elite during the 1870s. The Metaphysical Society was composed of scientists, politicians, religious figures and other intellectuals, and the edition will be of interest to scholars working across a wide range of topics. The Papers are accompanied by a substantial scholarly apparatus, including headnotes, annotations, and introduction. The edition is split into three volumes for ease of use, illustrated with portraits of members of the Society.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199643035
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
2440 gr
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
112 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
1288