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The Encyclopaedia of Mental Philosophy is the result of one of the most impressive publishing endeavours of the nineteenth century, the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge (1817-45). The Metropolitana was devised along radical new lines, an evolutionary system envisaged by the poet, critic and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), and its contributors included some of the leading scholars of the day. It represented the first attempt to bring a coherent method to the compilation of dictionaries and encyclopedias. Coleridge`s plan of the function and form of the ideal encyclopedia was to present information not in A”random` alphabetical order but through connecting principles. Grouping information systematically, `guided by the historic sense` and with a clear view of the educational needs of the reader, it was intended, above all, to be `a methodical compendium of knowledge`.
The Encyclopaedia of Mental Philosophy (1847) collects all the articles from the Metropolitana that comprised the Pure Sciences in Coleridge`s system (except mathematics): grammar, logic, metaphysics, morals, law, rhetoric and theology. Eminent writers of the time such as Richard Whately and Richard Jebb contributed extensive essays. Also included is Coleridge`s seminal `Treatise on Method` that gives a full description of his theory of the compilation of encyclopedias and their usefulness for a complete education. Exceedingly rare, The Encyclopaedia of Mental Philosophy cannot be found even in major libraries. This two-volume set, reprinted in its original size, will be important to a wide range of disciplines: nineteenth-century philosophy, science, law, language and linguistics, and bibliographic history, as well as anyone interested in Coleridge as a philosopher.
--all the articles which made up Coleridge`s system of Pure Sciences
--extremely rare work taken from the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana
--includes Coleridge`s famous essay on the science of method.ISBN: 813070000X
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Pages : 730
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