Chapter 3. THE FOUNDING OF THE SOCIETY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Acknowledgments X
4. Introduction XI
5. Contents XV
6. Members XVII
7. Chapter 1. THE MODEL AND THE SPIRIT: THE CAMBRIDGE “APOSTLE” 1
8. Chapter 2. KNOWLES AND TENNYSON 10
9. Chapter 3. THE FOUNDING OF THE SOCIETY 20
10. Chapter 4. THE FORMS AND THE SUBSTANCE 34
11. Chapter 5. THE CRUCIAL PAPERS 71
12. Chapter 6. THEISTS AND CHURCHMEN 108
13. Chapter 7. RATIONALISTS AND SCIENTISTS 122
14. Chapter 8. CRITICS AND PHILOSOPHERS 148
15. Chapter 9. VICTORIAN JOURNALISM AND THE “CONTEMPORARY REVIEW” 167
16. Chapter 10. KNOWLES AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE “NINETEENTH CENTURY” 184
17. Chapter 11. THE THREADS OF DISCOURSE 196
18. Chapter 12. MATTER, SPIRIT, TRUTH, AND GOD: “CHAOS, COSMOS” 231
19. Chapter 13. THE PROMISE AND THE HOPE 261
20. Chapter 14. LIBERALISM AND PLURALISM 298
21. Appendix A. THE MEMBERS OF THE METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY 307
22. Appendix B. THE MINUTE-BOOK 313
23. Appendix C. THE PAPERS OF THE METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY 314
24. Appendix D. NOTICE OF THE DISSOLUTION OF THE METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY 340
25. Selected Bibliography 343
26. Index 349