Record Number: 5825

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[This section is a strong attack on the utilitarian principles explained in Paley's work.]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1800 and 31 Dec 1833

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Adam Sedgwick

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Professor of Geology at Cambridge

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Paley

Title:

Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy

Genre:

Other religious, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5825

Source:

Print

Author:

Adam Sedgwick

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Discourse on the Studies of the University

Place of Publication:

Leicester

Date of Publication:

1969

Vol:

n/a

Page:

49-66

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Adam Sedgwick, A Discourse on the Studies of the University, (Leicester, 1969), p. 49-66, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5825, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None