The Ethical Idealism of Matthew Arnold

by William Robbins

The 1860's and 1870's in England were times of intense excitement in scientific and religious thought. On the one hand the work of Darwin, Huxley and others produced a new and sometimes shocking liberalism: on the other, the drift towards Rome (exemplified in the life of Cardinal Newman) led to an ever more rigid dogmatism.

Matthew Arnold was one of those who attempted a reconciliation between the forces of scientific investigation and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487585136
• ISBN13: 9781487585136
• Release Date: December 1959
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"