Long 19th c. · 1838–1900
Who influenced Henry Sidgwick?
Influences and legacy
The Methods of Ethics: utilitarianism, intuitionism, and the dualism of practical reason.
Henry Sidgwick was influenced by John Stuart Mill, and went on to influence Derek Parfit. That is 2 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was Henry Sidgwick?
Henry Sidgwick was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist, best known for The Methods of Ethics. From 1883 until his death he was Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge.
He promoted higher education for women and in 1875 co-founded Newnham College with Millicent Garrett Fawcett. He was also a founder and the first president of the Society for Psychical Research.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Henry Sidgwick?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- John Stuart Mill 1806–1873
Who did Henry Sidgwick influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on Henry Sidgwick.
- Derek Parfit 1942–2017
The line of teachers behind Henry Sidgwick
The longest documented line of influence ending at Henry Sidgwick runs 20 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.
Two steps away from Henry Sidgwick
Indirect influences
Contemporaries of Henry Sidgwick
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Henry Sidgwick, with no direct line between them.
- Ernst Mach 1838–1916
- Franz Brentano 1838–1917
- Charles Sanders Peirce 1839–1914
- T. H. Green 1836–1882
- William James 1842–1910
- Peter Kropotkin 1842–1921
- Wilhelm Dilthey 1833–1911
- Friedrich Nietzsche 1844–1900
Henry Sidgwick by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 75
- Thinkers downstream
- 1
- Wikipedia languages
- 31 — #42 of 47 among 19th-century philosophers
- Card rarity
- Rare
Questions about Henry Sidgwick
- Who influenced Henry Sidgwick?
- John Stuart Mill.
- Who did Henry Sidgwick influence?
- Derek Parfit.
- When did Henry Sidgwick live?
- 1838–1900. The map files Henry Sidgwick under the long 19th century.
- How rare is the Henry Sidgwick card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Henry Sidgwick in 31 languages, which makes it a Rare card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
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