Works of Thomas Hill Green

The writings, unpublished papers and lectures of one of England's most influential nineteenth-century philosophers, published 1885–8.

Thomas Hill Green (Author), R. L. Nettleship (Edited by)

9781108036825, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 December 2011

648 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 3.6 cm, 0.81 kg

Thomas Hill Green (1836–82) was one of the most influential English thinkers of his time, and he made significant contributions to the development of political liberalism. Much of his career was spent at Balliol College, Oxford: having begun as a student of Benjamin Jowett, he later acted effectively as his second-in-command at the college. Interested for his whole career in social questions, Green supported the temperance movement, the extension of the franchise, and the admission of women to university education. He became Whyte's professor of moral philosophy at Oxford in 1878, and his lectures had a lasting influence on a generation of students. Volume 3, published in 1888, contains a memoir by Nettleship, Green's pupil and editor, drawing on Green's recollections, as well as the memories of friends and family. The rest of the volume consists of essays on topics ranging from Aristotle to Christian dogma.

Preface
Memoir
The force of circumstances
The influence of civilisation on genius
The value and influence of works of fiction in modern times
The philosophy of Aristotle
Popular philosophy in its relation to life
Review of E. Caird, Philosophy of Kant
Review of J. Caird, Introduction to the philosophy of religion
Review of J. Watson, Kant and his English critics
Fragment on immortality
Essay on Christian dogma
The conversion of Paul (extract from lectures on the Epistle to the Galatians)
Justification by faith (extract from lectures on the Epistle to the Romans)
The incarnation (extract from lectures on the Fourth Gospel)
Fragment of an address on Romans x.8, 'The word is nigh thee'
Address on I Corinthians v. 7,8, 'The witness of God'
Address on 2 Corinthians v.7, 'Faith'
Four lectures on the English Commonwealth
Lecture on 'Liberal legislation and freedom of contract'
Lecture on 'The grading of secondary schools'
Two lectures on 'The elementary school system of England'
Lecture on 'The work to be done by the new Oxford High School for Boys'.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [HPCD]