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Letter from H. L. Mansel to [William Whewell]
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- 25 Nov. 1855 (Creation)
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2 folded sheets
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Bequest of William Whewell, 1866.
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St Johns Coll Oxford - Thanks him for the papers on Plato; discusses Plato's concept of 'hypothesis', universal postulates, refers to the theories of Mill and Spencer.
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Tipped in before the title page of Mansel's Psychology : the test of moral and metaphysical philosophy : an inaugural lecture delivered in Magdalen College, October 23, 1855 (Oxford, 1855), shelfmark 267.c.84.1[6].
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- Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science (Subject)
- Mansel, Henry Longueville (1820–1871) Dean of St Paul's and theologian (Subject)
- Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873), philosopher, economist, and advocate of women's rights (Subject)
- Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903), philosopher, social theorist, and sociologist (Subject)