Bradley, F. H. (Francis Herbert) 1846-1924

Appearance and reality: a metaphysical essay by F. H Bradley ( Book )
114 editions published between 1893 and 2008 in English and German and held by 1,362 libraries worldwide
"I have described the following work as an essay in metaphysics. Neither in form nor extent does it carry out the idea of a system. Its subject indeed is central enough to justify the exhaustive treatment of every problem. But what I have done is incomplete, and what has been left undone has often been omitted arbitrarily. The book is a more or less desultory handling of perhaps the chief questions in metaphysics. In the main I have accomplished all that lay within my compass. This volume is meant to be a critical discussion of first principles, and its object is to stimulate enquiry and doubt. To originality in any other sense it makes no claim. If the reader finds that on any points he has been led once more to reflect, I shall not have failed, so far as I can, to be original. But I should add that my book is not intended for the beginner. Its language in general I hope is not over-technical, but I have sometimes used terms intelligible only to the student. The index supplied is not an index but a mere collection of certain references. My book does not design to be permanent, and will be satisfied to be negative, so long as that word implies an attitude of active questioning. The chief need of English philosophy is, I think, a sceptical study of first principles, and I do not know of any work which seems to meet this need sufficiently. By scepticism is not meant doubt about or disbelief in some tenet or tenets. I understand by it an attempt to become aware of and to doubt all preconceptions. Such scepticism is the result only of labour and education, but it is a training which cannot with impunity be neglected. And I know no reason why the English mind, if it would but subject itself to this discipline, should not in our day produce a rational system of first principles. If I have helped to forward this result, then, whatever form it may take, my ambition will be satisfied"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

Ethical studies by F. H Bradley ( Book )
85 editions published between 1876 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 1,286 libraries worldwide

Collected essays by F. H Bradley ( Book )
36 editions published between 1935 and 1999 in English and held by 922 libraries worldwide

The principles of logic by F. H Bradley ( Book )
70 editions published between 1883 and 2004 in English and Chinese and held by 902 libraries worldwide

Essays on truth and reality by F. H Bradley ( Book )
37 editions published between 1914 and 2005 in English and held by 888 libraries worldwide

The presuppositions of critical history by F. H Bradley ( Book )
20 editions published between 1874 and 1993 in English and French and held by 410 libraries worldwide

Ethical studies; selected essays by F. H Bradley ( Book )
8 editions published in 1951 in English and held by 372 libraries worldwide

Writings on logic and metaphysics by F. H Bradley ( Book )
9 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 316 libraries worldwide

Sáṁkara and Bradley; a comparative and critical study by S. N. L Shrivastava ( Book )
6 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 105 libraries worldwide

Aphorisms by F. H Bradley ( Book )
10 editions published between 1930 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 73 libraries worldwide