Concord School of Philosophy
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The Concord School of Philosophy was a lyceum-like series of summer lectures and discussions of philosophy in Concord, Massachusetts from 1879 to 1888. It was founded by Amos Bronson Alcott with the financial support of William Torrey Harris and of his daughter Louisa May Alcott; Franklin B. Sanborn was the school's secretary. Many of the school's lectures and readings focused on reminiscences of the Transcendentalists: Ralph Waldo Emerson attended some of the school's meetings before his death, and was commemorated after; readings from Henry Thoreau's then-unpublished journals were among the most popular events. But in addition to this there were many lectures on other philosophical topics — principally the neo-Platonism favored by Alcott and the Hegelianism favored by Harris, but series of lectures were also given on Kant and Fichte, among others. The final meeting commemorated Alcott, who had died in 1888.
[edit] Reference
- Austin Warren. "The Concord School of Philosophy." New England Quarterly 2:2 (April 1929), 199-233.
[edit] External link
- The Concord School of Philosophy, text from George B. Bartlett, Concord: Historic, Literary and Picturesque (1885), with additional photos
