| Evidence: | 'I finished old Newman?s book coming down & as the book is too metaphysical to give you pleasure I will tell you what it comes to, it is an elaborate apology for the morality of persuading yourself that a thing is absolutely certain when you really know that it is not certain at all? Why shouldn?t I say that such a creature is a liar & that I despise him? I do most heartily.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Apr 1870 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Leslie Stephen |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 28 Nov 1832 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Henry Newman |
| Title: | An essay in aid of a grammar of assent |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Politics, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4030 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Leslie Stephen | |
| Editor: | John Bicknell | |
| Title: | The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882 | |
| Place of Publication: | Ohio State University Press | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 81 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Stephen to Anne Isabella Thackeray (April 1870). |
| Citation: | Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882 (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 81, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4030, accessed: 28 November 2023 | |
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