Bernard Bosanquet: Essays in Philosophy and Social Policy - 1883-1922


Volume I: Essays in Aesthetics, Ethics, Religion, and Metaphysics
[289pp.]

Introductions and Bibliographies
[87 pp]

"General Introduction" by William Sweet

"Life and Philosophy." In J. H. Muirhead (ed.), Contemporary British Philosophy. Personal Statements. First Series. London: Allen and Unwin; New York: Macmillan, 1924, pp. 51-74.

Bibliographies:
    Primary Sources: prepared by William Sweet and Peter P. Nicholson
    Critical Studies: prepared by William Sweet
 

Part 1: Ethics and Religion:

  1. "What Takes Place in Voluntary Action?" Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, I, 2 (1888-1889), pp. 70-76.
  2. "Our Right to Regard Evil as a Mystery." Mind, VIII (1883), pp. 419-21.
  3. "Why Live a Moral Life?" Agnostic Annual 1895, p. 29. Reprinted in Why Live a Moral Life? The Answer of Rationalism. London: Watts, 1896, p. 29.
  4. "The Evolution of Religion." International Journal of Ethics. V (1894-1895), pp. 432-44.
  5. "Religion (philosophy of)." In J. M. Baldwin (ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, vol. II. New York: Macmillan, 1902, pp. 454-58.
  6. review of H. Sidgwick. Ethics of Green, Spencer and Martineau. Mind, n.s. XII (1903), pp. 381-90.
  7. review of G. E. Moore. Principia Ethica. Mind, n.s. XIII (1904), pp. 254-61.
  8. review of A. Seth Pringle-Pattison. The Idea of God in the Light of Recent Philosophy. Mind, n.s. XXVI (1917), pp. 474-81
  9. Review of H. Sidgwick. Practical Ethics. International Journal of Ethics, VIII (1897-1898), pp. 390-94.
Part 2: Aesthetics
  1. "The Aesthetic Theory of Ugliness." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, I, 3 (1889-1890), pp. 32-48.
  2. "The Relation of the Fine Arts to One Another." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, I, 3 (1889-1890), pp. 98-104.
  3. "Croce’s Aesthetic." Mind, n.s. XXIX (1920), pp. 212-15.
  4. "Artistic Handiwork in Education." The Hour Glass, Vol. XI (1887), pp. 281-283.
Part 3: Metaphysics
  1. "Is Mind Synonymous with Consciousness?" Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society I, I (1887-1888), pp. 12-16.
  2. "Origin of the Perception of an External World." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, II, I (1891-1892), pp. 32-34.
  3. "Presidential Address. - On an Essential Distinction in Theories of Experience." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, III, I (1894-1895), pp. 3-12.
  4. "In What Sense, if Any, do Past and Future Time Exist?" Mind, n.s. VI (1897), pp. 228-31.
  5. "Realism and Metaphysic." Philosophical Review, XXVI (1917), pp. 4-15.
  6. "Purpose and Mechanism." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, n.s. XII (1911-1912), pp. 243-51.
  7. review of E. Husserl. Jahrbuch für Philosophie und Phänomenologische Forschung. Mind, n.s. XXIII (1914), pp. 587-97.
  8. "Appearances and the Absolute." Philosophical Review, XXIX (1920), pp. 571-74.
  9. "Idealism and the Reality of Time," Mind, n.s. XXIII (1914), pp. 91-95.
  10. "The Absolute as Will" Mind, n.s. XXVIII (1919): 77-78.


Volume 2: Essays in Politics, Logic, Plato, and the History of Philosophy
[348 pp.]

Part 1: Political Philosophy

  1. "State (philosophy of)." In J. M. Baldwin (ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, vol. II. New York: Macmillan, 1902, pp. 594-98.
  2. "Hegel’s Theory of the Political Organism." Mind, n.s. VII (1898), pp. 1-14.
  3. "Les idées politiques de Rousseau." Revue de métaphysique et de morale, XX (1912), pp. 321-40.
  4. Review of C. E. Vaughan. The Political Writings of Jean Jacques Rousseau. Mind, n.s. XXV (1916), pp. 399-404.
  5. On Society and the State: the Bosanquet - MacIver letters. from R. M. MacIver. Politics and Society. Edited by D. Spitz. New York: Atherton, 1969, pp. 238-40 and 242-44.
  6. "Patriotism in the Perfect State." In The International Crisis in its Ethical and Psychological Aspects. London: Oxford University Press, 1915, pp. 132-54.
  7. "The State and the Individual." Mind, n.s. XXVIII (1919), pp. 75-78.
  8. "The Notion of a General Will." Mind, n.s. XXIX (1920), pp. 77-81.
Part 2: Logic
  1. "Logic as the Science of Knowledge." In A. Seth and R. B. Haldane (eds.), Essays in Philosophical Criticism, London: Longmans, 1883, pp. 67-101.
  2. "Mr. F. H. Bradley on Fact and Inference." Mind, X (1885), pp. 256-65.
  3. "Comparison - in Psychology and in Logic." Mind, XI (1886), pp. 405-08
  4. "The Relation of Logic to Psychology." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, n.s. III (1902-1903), pp. 183-86.
  5. "Can Logic Abstract from the Psychological conditions of Thinking?" Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, n.s. VI (1905-1906), pp. 237-47.
  6. "Cause and Ground." Journal of Philosophy, VII (1910), pp. 438-42.
  7. "Causality and Implication." Mind, n.s. XXV (1916), pp. 94-100.
  8. "The Analysis of Categorical Proposition" Mind, n.s. XXXIII (1914), pp. 102-03.
  9. " ‘This or Nothing.’ " Mind, n.s. XXXI (1922), pp. 178-84.
  10. "A Word About ‘Coherence.’ " Mind, n.s. XXXI (1922), pp. 335-36.
  11. "`Implication and Linear Inference'," Journal of Philosophy XIX (1922): 292-294.
  12. "Vertigo of Direction," Mind o.s. X (1885): 317-18.
Part 3: On Plato and Greek Philosophy
  1. "‘Falsehood’ and ‘Ignorance’ in Plato." Mind, XI (1886), pp. 300-02.
  2. "Plato’s Conception of the Good Life." New World, II (1893), pp. 623-34.
  3. "Introduction," The Education of the Young in "The Republic" of Plato. Translated into English with Notes and Introduction. Cambridge: University Press, 1900, pp. 1-23.
  4. "Plato’s Conception of Death," Hibbert Journal, II (1903-1904), pp. 98-109.
  5. Review of R. K. Gaye. The Platonic Conception of Immortality. Review of Theology and Philosophy, I (1905-1906), pp. 60-64.
  6. "Xenophon’s Memorabilia of Socrates." International Journal of Ethics, XV (1904-1905), pp. 432-43.
  7. "The Place of Experts in Democracy. I. - Plato’s Criticism of Democracy." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, n.s. IX (1908-1909), pp. 61-68.
Part 4: On the History of Philosophy
  1. "The Dark Ages and the Renaissance." International Journal of Ethics, XII (1901-1902), pp. 195-204.
  2. "The History of Philosophy [in Germany in the 19th century]" In C. H. Herford (ed.), Germany in the Nineteenth Century (Second Series). London: Manchester University Press with Longmans, 1912, pp. 187-215.
  3. "The Philosophy of Eucken." Quarterly Review, CCXX (1914), pp. 365-79.
  4. "The Philosophy of Benedetto Croce." Quarterly Review, CCXXXI (1919), pp. 359-77.


Volume III: Essays on ‘Aspects of the Social Problem’ and Social Policy

Preface: William Sweet

Part 1: Essays on Aspects of the Social Problem

  1. "The English Poor" (1889)
  2. "Socialism" (1889)
  3. "Collectivism and Centralisation." (1889)
  4. "In Darkest England" On the Wrong Track. (1891)
  5. "Will and Reason." (1891-1892)
  6. "The Principles and Chief Dangers of the Administration of Charity." (1892-1893)
  7. "Preface" to Aspects of the Social Problem (1895)
  8. "Character in its Bearing on Social Causation" (1895)
  9. "Socialism and Natural Selection" (1895)
  10. "The Principle of Private Property" (1895)
  11. "Are Character and Circumstances Co-ordinate Factors in Human Life, or is Either Subordinate to the Other?" (1895-1896)
  12. "‘The Moral Aspects of Socialism.’" (1895-1896)
  13. "The Socialist Ideal." (1896)
  14. " ‘Aspects of the Social Problem’: A Reply." (1896-1897)
  15. "Charity Organisation: A Reply" (1897)
Part 2: Essays on Social Policy
  1. "Idealism in Social Work." (1898)
  2. "The Meaning of Social Work" (1900-1901)
  3. "The English People: Notes on National Characteristics." (1901)
  4. The Social Criterion: or How to Judge of Proposed Social Reforms (1907)
  5. "[How Could the Ethical Efficiency of Education be Increased?]." (1908)
  6. "The Reports of the Poor Law Commission. I. The Majority Report." (1909)
  7. "Charity Organisation and the Majority Report". (1909-1910).
  8. "English Poor Law Policy (1910)
  9. "[Future of British Democracy]" (1910)
  10. "[Physical Deterioration]." (1910)
  11. "The Art of Public Assistance." (1910)
  12. "War Relief and Personal Service" (1915)
  13. "Practice and Research." (1917)
  14. "Public Assistance: Neighbourly Kindness" (1920)
  15. "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity." (1921)
  16. "The C.O.S.: A Necessary Social Function." (1922)