- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Frontispiece
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Faith in Reason -
Chapter 2 Breaking Away -
Chapter 3 Education of an Anglican -
Chapter 4 The Road to Unitarianism -
Chapter 5 Exercising Reason -
Chapter 6 Trials in Cambridge -
Chapter 7 Trials in London -
Chapter 8 Reasoning in Uneasy Times -
Chapter 9 Heiress -
Chapter 10 Son of India -
Chapter 11 Reading Man -
Chapter 12 Laying the Groundwork -
Chapter 13 Unitarian Women -
Chapter 14 Gentleman of Reason -
Chapter 15 Reasoning among the Stars -
Chapter 16 Expanding Consciousness -
Chapter 17 Home on Gower Street -
Chapter 18 Rearing Young Seedlings -
Chapter 19 Expanding Reason -
Chapter 20 Beyond Matter -
Chapter 21 Beyond Reason - Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
Rearing Young Seedlings
Rearing Young Seedlings
- Chapter:
- (p.273) Chapter 18 Rearing Young Seedlings
- Source:
- Generations of Reason
- Author(s):
Joan L. Richards
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
The De Morgan family continued to grow with the addition of George Campbell in 1841; Edward Lindsey in 1843; Anne Isabella in 1845. As she was raising her brood, Sophia’s interest in larger forms of consciousness played out in the practice of mesmerism, which was in some ways a reaction against contemporary medical practice. Snug in his library, De Morgan wrapped up his investigations of algebra, and set out to incorporate logic into his literalist view of reason. He built on ideas of logic as reason that were first proposed by Richard Whately. William Whewell acted as a sounding board for his ideas, while the Scottish philosopher William Hamilton was a fierce opponent.
Keywords: Medical practice, Mesmerism, De Morgan’s library, Literalist view of reason, Algebra, Logic, Sophia De Morgan, Augustus De Morgan, Richard Whately, William Whewell, William Hamilton (Scottish philosopher)
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Frontispiece
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Faith in Reason -
Chapter 2 Breaking Away -
Chapter 3 Education of an Anglican -
Chapter 4 The Road to Unitarianism -
Chapter 5 Exercising Reason -
Chapter 6 Trials in Cambridge -
Chapter 7 Trials in London -
Chapter 8 Reasoning in Uneasy Times -
Chapter 9 Heiress -
Chapter 10 Son of India -
Chapter 11 Reading Man -
Chapter 12 Laying the Groundwork -
Chapter 13 Unitarian Women -
Chapter 14 Gentleman of Reason -
Chapter 15 Reasoning among the Stars -
Chapter 16 Expanding Consciousness -
Chapter 17 Home on Gower Street -
Chapter 18 Rearing Young Seedlings -
Chapter 19 Expanding Reason -
Chapter 20 Beyond Matter -
Chapter 21 Beyond Reason - Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
