Practical Idealism

by William DeWitt Hyde

Overview

This book might perhaps be entitled "The Statement and Application of Idealism." The author sets forth in a simple and popular fashion the cardinal doctrine of idealism, that the world in which we live and find ourselves at home is a world which thought has built up. And he pauses (especially in the later chapters of the volume) to show also how the principles of philosophical idealism can be applied to the various problems of modern life. The practical aim of the book, the author informs us, "precludes the discussion of ultimate metaphysical problems, and confines it to those concrete aspects of philosophy which lie closest to the common concerns of men."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663592415
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	11/03/2020
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

William De Witt Hyde (September 23, 1858 – June 29, 1917) was an American college president, born at Winchendon, Mass. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1874, from Harvard University in 1879 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1882. Ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1883, he was a pastor at Newark, N. J., in 1883-85, and thereafter was president of Bowdoin College, also holding the chair of mental and moral philosophy. In 1906, he penned "The Offer of the College," which was given to each student until 1969. It was subsequently edited to reflect the changing demographics of the student body.