Item 22 - Letter from Alexander Bain to Henry Sidgwick

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Add. MS c/93/22

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Letter from Alexander Bain to Henry Sidgwick

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  • 17 Jan 1875 (Creation)

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Discussion of Sidgwick's work on ethics [Methods of Ethics, 1874]. Congratulates him on choosing 'the least occupied ground of Ethics'. Comments on his view on ancient ethics, his comparison of 'Pleasure and Desire', his discussion on free will, hisread more

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