Item 48 - MS account of Henry Sidgwick's 'last public appearance as a philosopher' - a paper on T.H. Green given to the Oxford Philosophical Society, 20 May 1900.

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MS account of Henry Sidgwick's 'last public appearance as a philosopher' - a paper on T.H. Green given to the Oxford Philosophical Society, 20 May 1900.

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The writer refers to the distinguished gathering in attendance, and claims that 'Sidgwick read...the most lucid, sincere and impressive piece of philosophic criticism' he had ever heard. Refers to the contents of the paper, in which Sidgwick claimed that 'there existed "a fundamental incoherence" in Green's thinking', and also to the reaction of some of the audience members. Refers to the fact that the paper was posthumously published in Mind 'N.S. x. No 37. In relation to his reply to the comments of 'a prominent Hegelian' reports that 'an eminent tutor pertinently remarked [to the writer] that this showed that Henry was not wholly devoid of the Sidgwickedness of his family.' Contains some amendments and emendations.

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