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100 1 _aCobbe, Frances Power,
_d1822-1904
245 1 4 _aThe Scientific Spirit of the Age, and Other Pleas and Discussions
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2020-12-12
505 0 _aPreface -- The scientific spirit of the age -- The education of the emotions -- Progressive Judaism -- Thoughts about thinking -- To know, or not to know -- The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.
508 _aProduced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Scientific Spirit of the Age, and Other Pleas and Discussions" by Frances Power Cobbe is a collection of essays written in the late 19th century. The essays explore various topics related to the influence of science on society, education, morality, religion, and art. Cobbe critiques the overwhelming dominance of scientific thought and argues for the importance of emotional education, ethical considerations, and aesthetic appreciation in a rapidly changing world. The opening portion of the collection begins with a preface where Cobbe sets the stage for her arguments, distinguishing between essays that present pleas and those that engage in discussions. She expresses concern about the overbearing influence of the scientific spirit on human life, lamenting that while scientific advancements have offered many benefits, they have also led to a loss of appreciation for art, emotion, and morality. Cobbe uses the example of the scientific community's engagement with moral issues to underscore her point, highlighting the potential dangers of a purely factual and analytical perspective that neglects the emotional and ethical dimensions of human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPhilosophy and religion
653 _aScience -- Moral and ethical aspects
653 _aKnowledge, Sociology of
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64021
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