Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison 1856 – 1931
Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison (1856 – 1931) was a Scottish philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Continental Philosophy.
Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison was a Scottish philosopher and one of the leading critics of absolute idealism within British Idealism itself. After studies at Edinburgh and in Germany, he held chairs at Cardiff, St Andrews, and Edinburgh, where he was for many decades professor of logic and metaphysics. His Hegelianism and Personality of 1887 launched a sharp critique of the absolute idealism of the Cairds and F. H. Bradley on the grounds that any absolute that absorbs persons into itself thereby loses what it most needs to retain, while his Idea of God in the Light of Recent Philosophy and his Gifford Lectures developed a personalist theism.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Scottish
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Continental Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison:
“Personality is the keystone of any genuine philosophy.”
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Attributed to Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison:
“The absolute, if it loses persons, loses itself.”
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Attributed to Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison:
“Idealism must safeguard the integrity of the individual mind.”
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Attributed to Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison:
“God is the personal source from which all persons proceed.”
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Attributed to Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison:
“Hegelian philosophy without persons is a sublime emptiness.”
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