The philosophy of the spirit : a study of the spiritual nature of man and the presence of God, with a supplementary essay on the logic of Hegel / Horatio W. Dresser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dresser, Horatio W. (Horatio Willis), 1866-1954, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy and religion.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 545 pages)

Other Title:

philosophy of the spirit

Place of Publication:

New York and London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908.

Summary:

"There is a tradition that certain subjects are sacred and can never become matters of scientific inquiry. One of these ineffable subjects is the relationship of God to man in the highest ranges of human experience, particularly in those beatific moments when, in expectant solitude or social worship, the soul communes with the Father. But in these self-conscious days psychology has been triumphantly carried into all fields, and if psychological descriptions have sometimes been irreverent it is a question, not of retreat, but of the analysis which affords the most appreciative description. The success which has attended the psychology of religion shows that very much is to be gained by undertaking an account of the higher experiences of men. What must be said in behalf of the sacred or ineffable may be added when science has achieved its utmost. In this book I have ventured to mediate between science and religion by endeavouring to be appreciatively true to the everlasting realities of the religious life while taking account of and passing beyond the results attained by modern psychology. If no subject should more deeply inspire our reverence than that of the presence of God, none is more worthy of our thought. Accordingly I offer what I believe to be a contribution to the study of problems which pertain to a field midway between the philosophy of religion and constructive idealism. Advocates of various points of view may meet in this common field to study questions that are rightfully prior to the development of their special views. Each may make such qualification as he will, but all must be concerned with the issues here shown to be fundamental"-- Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).

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Includes index.