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This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary
sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources
cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component -
what might be called 'the literature of science' - and more overtly
literary texts that deal with scientific matters.
This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary
sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources
cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component -
what might be called 'the literature of science' - and more overtly
literary texts that deal with scientific matters.
This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary
sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources
cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component -
what might be called 'the literature of science' - and more overtly
literary texts that deal with scientific matters.
This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary
sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources
cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component -
what might be called 'the literature of science' - and more overtly
literary texts that deal with scientific matters.
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 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. The Metaphysical Society (1869-1880) 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. The contributors shed light on many of the
colourful figures that joined the Society as well as the alliances
that they formed with fellow members. The collection also examines
the major concepts that informed the papers presented at Society
meetings. By discussing groups, important individuals, and
underlying concepts, the volume contributes to a rich, new picture
of Victorian intellectual life during the 1870's, a period when
intellectuals were wondering how, and what, to believe in a time of
social change, spiritual crisis, and scientific progress.
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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