| Evidence: | [on the Apostles, Cambridge students' society to which Alfred Tennyson belonged]
'These friends not only debated on politics but read their Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, Butler, Hume, Bentham, Descartes and Kant, and discussed such questions as the Origin of Evil, the Derivation of Moral Sentiments, Prayer and the Personality of God.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Feb 1828 and 31 Dec 1830 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Cambridge | ||||||||||
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| Reading Group: | The Apostles |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Cambridge undergraduate students |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | David Hume |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | History, Politics, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21249 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Hallam Tennyson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1897 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 43-44; 43 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 1, p. 43-44; 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21249, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
| Group included Alfred Tennyson, Arthur Hallam, John Heath, Douglas Heath, Edmund Lushington. |
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