Table of Contents

1. Overture; 2. First words; 3. Unity; 4. Consensus versus chaos; 5. Spirits; 6. Friends versus friends; 7. Colors; 8. Last words?

Promotional Information

This book is a magisterial overview of Henry Sidgwick, one of the great intellectual figures of nineteenth-century Britain.

Reviews

'The style is lively and direct ... there is a deep, complex and carefully thought out thesis running through the work, one that strikes me as insightful and extremely useful in seeing Sidgwick's life and work altogether...'. J. B. Schneewind, Author of Sidgwick's Ethics and Victorian Moral Philosophy '... does justice, at last, to the greatest exponent of utilitarian ethcis, and one of the greatest moral philosophers of all time.' The Irish Times 'No brief review can do justice either to this rich and massive book or to the man who is its subject. ... Any future biographical or philosophical study of Sidgwick will have to begin from this volume. ... I found reading it a stimulating and rewarding experience.' Journal of the Society of Psychical Research 'This is an extraordinary - and extraordinarily interesting - book, a model of intellectual biography.' London Review of Books '... he has produced a magnificent, close-focus study of the progress of a fine-honed intelligence in ongoing pursuit of the ultimate truth about the universe.' Contemporary Review