Identificatie
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Add. MS c/93/73
Titel
Letter from W. K. Clifford to Henry Sidgwick
Datum(s)
- 25 Nov 1877 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
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1 doc
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
(1845-1879)
Biografie
During his short life William Kingdon Clifford made significant contributions to various areas of mathematics, especially geometry, and through his many public lectures and writings he was a prominent participant in the intellectual debates of his age,… read more
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Refers to Sidgwick's use of the phrase 'cosmic emotion' at breakfast in his rooms 'some time before /71', and to Ruskin's shortening of 'cosmopolitanism' with regard to a universal society or city of man. Remarks on [Francis?] Balfour's speculation on… read more
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O.11.4: Manuscript of an essay by W. K. Clifford, first published in Oct. 1877, for which he took Sidgwick's phrase 'cosmic emotion' as title.