Between Hume And Mill: An Anthology Of British Philosophy, 1749-1843
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In the century between David Hume's later writings and John Stuart Mill's mature works, British philosophy underwent a profound and often overlooked transformation — and Between Hume and Mill: An Anthology of British Philosophy, 1749–1843 illuminates that pivotal era with authoritative precision. Editor Robert Brown presents a carefully curated selection of primary texts, guiding the reader from David Hartley's associationist psychology through the Scottish Common Sense tradition, moral philosophy, and the early stirrings of Utilitarian thought, all the way to James Frederick Ferrier's idealist speculations. The anthology chronicles the intellectual currents that shaped an age of revolution, empire, and radical social change, assembling voices — including Reid, Bentham, Godwin, and Malthus — whose arguments reverberated far beyond the lecture hall. Brown's editorial hand is both scholarly and judicious, supplying contextual apparatus that situates each thinker within the broader landscape of Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment thought without overshadowing the primary texts themselves. Published by the prestigious Modern Library, the collection argues implicitly that this missing century of British philosophy is not a footnote but a crucible in which empiricism, ethics, and political economy were forged into the intellectual tools of modernity. For students, academics, and curious general readers alike, the anthology poses an irresistible question: how much of the world we inhabit was quietly decided in the seminar rooms and pamphlet wars of Georgian Britain?
Author: Robert Brown
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, The Modern Library
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In the century between David Hume's later writings and John Stuart Mill's mature works, British philosophy underwent a profound and often overlooked transformation — and Between Hume and Mill: An Anthology of British Philosophy, 1749–1843 illuminates that pivotal era with authoritative precision. Editor Robert Brown presents a carefully curated selection of primary texts, guiding the reader from David Hartley's associationist psychology through the Scottish Common Sense tradition, moral philosophy, and the early stirrings of Utilitarian thought, all the way to James Frederick Ferrier's idealist speculations. The anthology chronicles the intellectual currents that shaped an age of revolution, empire, and radical social change, assembling voices — including Reid, Bentham, Godwin, and Malthus — whose arguments reverberated far beyond the lecture hall. Brown's editorial hand is both scholarly and judicious, supplying contextual apparatus that situates each thinker within the broader landscape of Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment thought without overshadowing the primary texts themselves. Published by the prestigious Modern Library, the collection argues implicitly that this missing century of British philosophy is not a footnote but a crucible in which empiricism, ethics, and political economy were forged into the intellectual tools of modernity. For students, academics, and curious general readers alike, the anthology poses an irresistible question: how much of the world we inhabit was quietly decided in the seminar rooms and pamphlet wars of Georgian Britain?