New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-13
SUMNER PHILOSOPHY At CONCORD.

PROSPECTUS or TIE COMING TERM.
SUBJECTS or TIE LEcT-Rrs AND PROSPECTS, on
THE SCHOOL, KANT CENTENNIAL CELrBEA-
TION-PARuCIPANTs ~ THE VARIOUS LNEE-
ClsEs.
lFEOM Az OCCASIONAL c0EHYsFoNpFVr o. INF rrfryrl
BosrON Nav .1.-This year will be the third nm Tho
history of tho Concord sumner school Of Philos-
ophy, and the prospect that viii be prosperous
as in the two preceding years Some OF Che old
pupils will not attend. but many new ones have al-
ready made application. and The prospect now is ~
& larger Attendance than ever. few changes viii
he made IN the accommodations for audiences. More
comfortable chairs than the plain Imprinted Of
experimental days VIII De proyided, aid the phys
zeal weil-being of thr pupils viii otherwise Doc con-
suited. Old and possible Now pupils viii Dee able 90
soe in a fcW days the circular giving thc is Of speak
and their subjects fixed upon at present. though
there viii doubtless be- changes, there were last
year, after The issue of the May circular. The term
viii bo five weeks loug. as IN 1850 beginning with
the slutatory address Of Mr. A. Bronson hlcott the
dean, at q O'Clock on the morning Of Monday. July
II, and closing with his yalcdlctory at IL on the
morning OF Saturday, august 10.
Professor " lillian +. Harris remains, rs hereto
fore. the principal lecturer ard none of his previous
lectures will be repeated Two CouTscs viii be de-
liyercd by him. One is upon philosophical Dis
NNfuNt1 HlN Aih OtllI upon lltAil b ] 4ltHlH0-
ply" In detail the Grst course has the following
titles 1. Philosophy distinguished from opinion
or fragmentary observation; the miraculous vs.. the
mechanical explanation Of things .. Nominasm
of Locke and Hume pautheistic realism OK Hobbies,
Spinoza, Comte and Spencer rs. the realism Of
Christianity. 3. The influence OF nature upon the
human mind the emancipation Of the soul from The
body. d. Scnse-impressiOns and TCcOccbous W.
memory and reflections animal cries and gestures
VS.. the human Language. o. Tie metaphysical cat
egolies used by natural science thing, fact atom.
force, law, final cause design, correlation, natu-
raj selection, reality, potcntialty and actuality.
His second course viii De upon the following sub
iects in Hegels philosophy: /. HogePs doctrine Of
psychology and logic; his dalectic method aud sys-
TEN. 2. HegeIs doctrine Of God and tho world
Creator and created. 3. Hogol's distinction Of man
from nature; two kinds Of immortality that of the
species and that of the individual 4. Hegels doe
tline Of PROVE ence IN history; Asia VS. Europe a.
furnishing the contrast OF Pantheism and Chris
tianity 8. hogcls theory OF iino arts and liteIa-
ture rejecting the development of mans spirit
ual consciousness. A. Professor Harris is now a
resident Of Concord and is not obliged 20 hasten
away, these lectures will be nterspersd throughout
the term, the first being delivered upon the first
evening and the last upon The last evening DR.. n.
X. Jones, Of Jacks0ny lie H., no has been one of
the faculty each OF the two previous years will also
have ten lectures this year bat they will be- n part
at least ike those OF last year. The first five viii
be upon Pat0nic philosophy, and the second five
npOn the relation OF Piatouism 10 modern ciyiliza-
ton.
Other lecturer, and lecture ARC a. follows: Mr..
Denton =. eIides, i've upon Creek lie and htcra-
tar ; Mrs julia " ard Howe lipon The Results u
Kant" and " Philosophy 10 EIropc md America;
Miss Elizabeth i. Peabody upOn " Dr. Claiming
and "Margafe5 Fuller Mrs T. l.. Cheney one
upon the relation Of poetry y science tic Rev Or
j. ). Kidney. three upon the pmlosopic ground
work of ethics Ar :. H. Emery. jr., director oil the
en.erprise two upon system IN philosophy: Pree-
dent Porter of Yale College, one upon Kant Mr. j.
g. SaubOrD, the secretary Of The school, Roman
Literature "Lnci-h and German Literature and
Blake readings from tho unpublished manuscripts of
HefrVdl. JhuTean Mr.. john Alice two Lectures on
faded metaphors the Rev Dr. Bartol, one Oh dc
transcendent faculty in man, and DR.. Elisha Null
ford, one on the philosophy OF tue STATE.
longer appear the list. A few blanks
still remain IN the programme and several prolni-
nent educators ana philosophers arc under con-
alteration by tho faculty, and the vacancies vii
doubtless I'll be worthIif tllcd. Besides those
give nYe Lectures upon tie philosophy OF hie, be-
tlucs Sautatory and Yaedictufy ANA sir. D.. &. cted
man, VINO VIII read poem 90 fhc opening OF tho
school, july ii, directly after the sautatory. His
subject has not set Ssen announced.
This year 81 tbe centennial of the publication Of
Rants Cnuqne OF Pune Reason" issued whom che
author was ifty-soyen yeaIs old. SO disclaimers n
the Concord ciTcie propose 10 celebrate this event
- Important Ia the history Of phlOaopiv and the
Irst week Ia August viii be " the Kant Centensialp
and 1t promises 10 be noticeable feature OF the
tenn Prominent philosophical writers al over the
country VIII hc invited 70 attend respond bg let
u, ana several Oh the lectures of the week will
oso2heT. ar Aears and the Rev. Dr. 4.