John Grote, Cambridge University, and the development of Victorian thought.9781845400071 John Grote, Cambridge University, and the development of Victorian thought. Gibbins, John Richard. Imprint Academic 2007 526 pages $80.00 Hardcover B1589 Everyone (who cares) knows that the idealist movement began at Oxford University after 1870, so why on earth, asked Gibbins (philosophy and sociology of knowledge The sociology of knowledge is the study of the relationship between human thought and the social context within which it arises, and of the effects prevailing ideas have on societies. (Compare history of ideas. , U. of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, city (1991 pop. 199,064) and metropolitan district, NE England, on the Tyne River. The city is an important shipping and trade center. The famous coal-shipping industry began in the 13th cent. ), was this fellow spouting spout·ing n. Chiefly Pennsylvania & New Jersey See gutter. See Regional Note at gutter. spouting Noun NZ a. elements of it five years too early, and way over at Cambridge. That was a mere surface waiting to be scratched. He now reveals Grote (1813-66) as an original thinker engaging major philosophical issues of his day, and a historical placeholder place·hold·er n. 1. One who holds an office or place, especially: a. One who acts as a deputy or proxy. b. One who holds an appointed office in a government. 2. whose position makes Victorian intellectual development more comprehensible. Distributed in the US by Philosophy Documentation Center. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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