Samuel Taylor Coleridge letter to Thomas Clarkson, 1806 October 13.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge letter to Thomas Clarkson, 1806 October 13.

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Letter to Clarkson, written from Bury St. Edmunds, beginning "My dear Sir, You have proposed to me one question not more awful than difficult of solution. What metaphysically the Spirit of God is? What the Soul? What the difference between the Reason, and the Understanding ..." Coleridge goes on to discuss these questions, as well as the nature of reality (basing his argument on Plato). He also expresses his view of Unitarianism. The letter consists of loose pages housed in a slender modern box within a blue cloth case.

1 volume (5 leaves) ; 27 cm.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (born 21 October 1772, Ottery St Mary, Devon, England – died 25 July 1834, Highgate, Middlesex, England), English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose...

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846

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Philanthropist. Entered St John's 1780. B.A. 1783. Clarkson won the members prize for Latin essay in 1785, the subject being a question 'anne liceat invitos in servitutem dare?' ('is it lawful to make slaves of others against their will?') This contest determined the course of the rest of his life. The essay was read in the Senate House to much applause in June 1785, and published by James Phillips in June 1786. He met William Wilberforce in 1786 and co-founded a committee for the suppr...