Item 3 - Letter from Lord Acton to Henry Sidgwick

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Add. MS c/93/3

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Letter from Lord Acton to Henry Sidgwick

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Sidgwick, Henry (1838-1900), philosopher
(1838-1900)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Written before his [Acton's] departure for Rome with his son. Discusses writings of Fouillee, Hahler and Heinze, in relation to Socrates' philosophy. Comments on Sidgwick's own attitude to Socrates and ethics. Explanation of Probabilism; role of the latter in the philosophies of the Jesuits and Ultramontaines [who adhered to its principles], and of the centralised orders of Benedictines, Oratorians and Dominicans [who were against it].

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