Man a creative first cause : two discourses delivered at Concord, Mass, July 1882 / Rowland Gibson Hazard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hazard, Rowland Gibson, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Philosophy, American--19th century.

Philosophy, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 114 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Man a creative first cause, two discourses delivered at Concord, Mass, July 1882

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884.

Summary:

In these discourses I have intended briefly to present the leading results of previous investigations, most of which had already been published; but more especially to vindicate metaphysical science from the charge of being unfruitful, by showing that in its proper application to the subject of its investigation, it is susceptible of the highest practical utility. I have endeavored to show that, to say nothing of the invigorating exercise of such study, it may be a means of making the same amount of intellectual power more effective, by the invention or discovery of better methods in its application ; and further, that in this its own proper realm--the realm of the spirit--it may achieve a yet higher utility, a utility transcending all other, in creating, moulding, and elevating the moral character. I have also pointed out some modes in which the creative powers of mind may be successfully exerted for these objects.

Notes:

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