Constance Naden and hylo-idealism : a critical study / by E. Cobham Brewer ; annotated by R. Lewins.
- E. Cobham Brewer
- Date:
- 1891
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Constance Naden and hylo-idealism : a critical study / by E. Cobham Brewer ; annotated by R. Lewins. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![✓ this world, and hardened by self-interest, might remain sterile; or, if it springs up at all, may never prove a 'healthy and vigorous plant. Be this as it may, ]\Iiss Naden was a far better disciple of Dr. Lewins than I have ever been, and not only mastered the subject, but rounded off some of its difficulties. It was Miss Naden who changed the term Hylo-zoism into Hylo-idealism, and she helped to })opularise the subject by numerous con- tributions to different periodicals.* In 1881 she contributed to the Journal 0/an article entitled “ Hylo-zoism v. Animism ” ; In 1882 appeared “The Identity of Vital and Cosmical Energy ”; and an article entitled “ Animal Automatism ”; 111 1883, “The Brain Tlieory of Mind and Matter”; and “ Paracelsus ” ; In 1884, “ Hylo-idealism—a Defence.” Here it will be observed the term Hylo-zoism is changed into Hylo-idealism. And in the same year Miss Naden contributed to Our Corner an article entitled “ Hylo-idealism, the Creed of the Coming Day ” ; In 1885 she contributed to Knowledge “The Sentient World ”; “ Idealism ” ; and “ Hylo-idealism: Does a Universe Exist exterior to Ourselves ? ” And in 1887 she wrote a Preface to a series of Letters in a pamphlet by her friend Dr. Lewins. These contributions show how earnestly the subject had interested the young and talented writer. IMiss Naden lierself says in a ‘ Prefatory Note ’ to her article written for Mrs. Besant, “ the letters addressed to myself by Dr. Lewins, in the years 1878-1880, aided by conversation and by study of the * Note hy Dr. Lewirs. In reality tlie term wa.s coined by niyselt' thonffli the conce])! wa.^s her suggestion, and is already implicit in my identification of Thought with Cerebration (organic function), all such being necessarily egoistic or personal ; the “impersonal ” being mere vulgar realism. O](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22459789_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
