The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)

W. J. Mander and Alan P.F. Sell, eds. The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers. Volumes One and Two. Bristol, U.K.: Thoemmes Press. 2002. Pp. xxviii, 1280. $525.00. ISBN 1-85506-955-5.

One thing most of those included in The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers had in common was that they would not have considered themselves "professional" philosophers. Through the first three-quarters of the century, few British thinkers concentrated on abstract questions remote from the concerns of everyday life (as cultivated Victorians understood ...

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