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Lectures and Essays
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- GenresPhilosophy
344 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1910
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Henry Nettleship
89 books1 followerNettleship was born at Kettering, and was educated at Lancing College, Durham School and Charterhouse schools, and gained a scholarship for entry to Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1858.
Nettleship had always been interested in Virgil, and a good deal of his time was devoted to his favourite poet. After John Conington's death in 1869, he saw his edition of Virgil through the press, and revised and corrected subsequent editions of the work. In 1875, he had undertaken to compile a new Latin lexicon for the Clarendon Press, but the work proved more than he could accomplish, and in 1887 he published some of the results of twelve years' labour in a volume entitled Contributions to Latin Lexicography, a genuine piece of original work.
Nettleship had always been interested in Virgil, and a good deal of his time was devoted to his favourite poet. After John Conington's death in 1869, he saw his edition of Virgil through the press, and revised and corrected subsequent editions of the work. In 1875, he had undertaken to compile a new Latin lexicon for the Clarendon Press, but the work proved more than he could accomplish, and in 1887 he published some of the results of twelve years' labour in a volume entitled Contributions to Latin Lexicography, a genuine piece of original work.
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July 19, 2023
Amazing that these essays were written 150 years ago. Two on evolution, five on Agnosticism and Christianity. Unfortunately, there is no way to force people to read this. To think that people still manage to disbelieve in evolution... Amazing. And if you cannot read and if you cannot follow a simple line of thought, just look(!) at the picture (p.61) of the evolving horse, for God’s sake.
Huxley invented the word agnosticism (in its current usage) and although Hitchens has a point in saying that calling oneself atheist is the more honest approach, there is something to be said for the way Huxley handles the arguments. First of all, he obviously has great knowledge not only of the Bible but of theological and historical texts as well. And he argues admirably. For example in "The Witness to the Miraculous", he takes the beliefs of trustworthy middle ages people who did not doubt that miracles still occurred. Why do his contemporaries disbelieve in those but cling to the ones that allegedly happened 1000 years earlier?
If the Bible is infallible who decided which book went into the canon. The one who defines the canon defines the creed. Read what he has to say about the Lord’s Prayer and the Sermon of the Mount or about the Gadarene story.
He is a better writer than Darwin, and he obviously had fun in being so much smarter than his opponents. But the great thing is he manages to not sound arrogant. At least not to me.
Huxley invented the word agnosticism (in its current usage) and although Hitchens has a point in saying that calling oneself atheist is the more honest approach, there is something to be said for the way Huxley handles the arguments. First of all, he obviously has great knowledge not only of the Bible but of theological and historical texts as well. And he argues admirably. For example in "The Witness to the Miraculous", he takes the beliefs of trustworthy middle ages people who did not doubt that miracles still occurred. Why do his contemporaries disbelieve in those but cling to the ones that allegedly happened 1000 years earlier?
If the Bible is infallible who decided which book went into the canon. The one who defines the canon defines the creed. Read what he has to say about the Lord’s Prayer and the Sermon of the Mount or about the Gadarene story.
He is a better writer than Darwin, and he obviously had fun in being so much smarter than his opponents. But the great thing is he manages to not sound arrogant. At least not to me.
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