SORLEY, WILLIAM RITCHIE


Meaning of SORLEY, WILLIAM RITCHIE in English

(1855-1935) professor at Cardiff, Aberdeen, Cambridge; wrote Moral Values and the Idea of God ; ethical emphasized; Philosophy of Spirit ;

spirit is ultimate reality but not same as Hegel ian thought; man not only a purely physical being but also a spiritual one; all things (even inanimate things) have a kind of spiritual life of their own; emphasized on spirit as the agent of action, rather than

merely thought; strong empirical emphasized

Theological and philosophical biography English dict.      Английский словарь богословской и философской биографии .