Item 122 - Letter from G.F. Stout to Henry Sidgwick

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS c/95/122

Title

Letter from G.F. Stout to Henry Sidgwick

Date(s)

  • n.d. (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 doc

Context area

Name of creator

(1860-1944)

Biographical history

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Thanks Sidgwick for the cheque for £70. Announces that he shall be in Cambridge in the beginning of July and will send him an account of what has been paid to contributors up to date. Refers to a recent club discussion in which Sidgwick spoke about the '"felicitous dynamics" of those who have been influenced by Herbert', and 'the operation of masses and systems of ideas, which are not discernible in consciousness' as '"mere mythology"'. Sympathises with his attitude, but is convinced 'that there are certain facts of our mental life which it is difficult [to] formulate' otherwise than in terms of what Sidgwick calls 'fictitious dynamics'. Asks Sidgwick when an object arouses in him a sense of its significance through its preformed association, how is one to describe the mode of operation of these associations.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Finding aids

      Allied materials area

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Notes area

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Access points

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Name access points

      Genre access points

      Description identifier

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Accession area