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GB 249 T-GED/11/1/5
Title
Miscellaneous notes by [Patrick Geddes and others] on the relationship between spiritual power and temporal power
Date(s)
- [c. 1888 - 1911] (Creation)
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1 bundle
240 items
343 ff.
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Scope and content
The majority of notes focus on the spiritual and temporal aspects of life. Patrick Geddes seems to make connections between the spiritual and the biological evolution, the moral and economic aspects of life, in a system that encompasses all human activities. Includes also sketches for valley sections, thinking machines, botanical drawings, maps, globes. Sketches on the Outlook Tower, detailing the ideology behind it and linking it to a live organism. Mentions Auguste Comte, Spencer, Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Plato, Carlyle, Rousseau, Reverend St. Miller, Muller and Lavelaye. Manuscript.
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Open
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Language of material
- English