"Conscience is the best casuist" (manuscript essay), 1799 September 10
| Data(s) |
31/12/1969
31/12/1969
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| Resumo |
Three-page handwritten essay in English by Buckminster on the subject of conscience told through a story about a young man named Henry who saves a starving woman. The essay begins, "The disquisitions of the metaphysical world upon the origin and nature of conscience are quite unnecessary to a complete comprehension of the significancy of our motto." The essay is titled with a quote from Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile, Or on Education. |
| Identificador |
HUC 8799.386.10 Box 1, Folder 4 http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/51126481?width=150&height=150&usethumb=y http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:16084462 http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/prod/cna/hua12011c00004 |
| Publicador |
Harvard University Archives |
| Relação |
Harvard University Archives: Student essays of Joseph Stevens Buckminster, 1798-1799 |
| Direitos |
The student essays are open for research. |
