Chapter 5. T. H. Green and the Eternal Consciousness

Author: Sprigge, T.L.S.

Source: The God of Metaphysics, April 2006 , pp. 223-270(48)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

This chapter examines the philosophy of T.H. Green, the initial leading figure among the absolute idealists who dominated British philosophy in the late 19th century. Green sought to establish that the existence and nature of human beings, especially of the human mind, was not susceptible of a purely empirical or scientific explanation. He claimed that the only possible explanation involved reference to the existence of an Eternal Consciousness, which was gradually realizing itself in the temporal world, more especially in the life of human beings. His views on psychology and ethics, the psychology of animals, Eternal Consciousness and human responsibility, and virtue ethics and utilitarianism are discussed.

Keywords: absolute idealist; T.H. Green; Eternal Consciousness; human mind; human being

Document Type: Research article

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