Delve Into A Discourse On The Studies Of The University Of Cambridge Produced By Adam Sedgwick Released As Paperbound

Adam Sedgwickwas Professor of Geology at Cambridge from, and inhelped to found the Cambridge Philosophical Society, The 'Discourse' at the heart of this book first appeared in, In it he urged students to develop their characters in this 'place of sound learning and Christian education', He describes the subjects studied in the university the 'laws of nature', ancient literature and language, and ethics and metaphysics and their purpose in the service of God.
By the time this fifth edition was published in, however, the book had as Charles Darwin put it in a letter to the author 'wonderfully grown', with a Preface ofpages and an appendix, ranging very widely over the scientific and philosophical debates of the day, as well as ethics and religion.
It provides a fascinating overview of a period of scientific revolution for historians of science and education, .