Arthur James Balfour (1848–1930)

Autore di Theism and Humanism : The Book that Influenced C. S. Lewis

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Arthur James Balfour British Prime Minister, 1902-1905 President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1904 Author of the Balfour Declaration that created the State of Israel

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Theism and Humanism : The Book that Influenced C. S. Lewis (1915) 52 copie

The Foundations of Belief (1895) 10 copie

A defence of philosophic doubt : being an essay on the foundations of belief (2007) 8 copie

The Letters of Arthur Balfour and Lady Elcho: 1883-1917 (1992) 6 copie

Chapters of Autobiography (1930) 5 copie

Theism and Thought-a Study in Familiar Beliefs 4 copie

Speeches on Zionism, 4 copie

Essays, speculative and political 3 copie

Decadence: Henry Sidgwick Memorial Lecture (1908) (2009) 2 copie

Arthur James Balfour as philosopher and thinker (2011) 2 copie

The Religion of Humanity: An Address at the Church Congress, Manchester, 1888 1 copia

Opinions and argument from speeches and addresses of the Earl of Balfour, K.G., O.M., F.R.S. 1910-1927 1 copia

Retrospect, an Unfinished Autobiography, 1848-1886 (2008) 1 copia

Balfour"," Viviani and Joffre; their speeches and other public utterances in America 1 copia

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Nome legale: Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour
Data di nascita: 1848-07-25
Data di morte: 1930-03-19
Luogo di sepoltura: Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: England
UK
Luogo di nascita: Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
Luogo di morte: Woking, Surrey, England, UK
Luogo di residenza: Woking, Surrey, England, UK
Istruzione: University of Cambridge (Trinity College)
Grange preparatory school, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England, UK
Attività lavorative: politician (Conservative Party)
Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1874-1922|Conservative)
United Kingdom President of the Local Government Board (1885-1886|Conservative)
United Kingdom Secretary for Scotland (1886-1887|Conservative)
United Kingdom Chief Secretary for Ireland (1887-1891|Conservative)
United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury (1891-1892|Conservative) (mostra tutto 17)
Leader of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (1891-1892|Conservative)
United Kingdom Lord Privy Seal (1902-1903|Conservative)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1902-1905|Conservative)
Leader of the Opposition (1905-1911)
United Kingdom First Lord of the Admiralty (1915-1916|Conservative)
United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1916-1919|Conservative)
Lord President of the Council of the United Kingdom (1919-1922|Conservative)
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United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury (1895-1905|Conservative)
Leader of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (1895-1905|Conservative)
Lord President of the Council of the United Kingdom (1925-1929|Conservative)
Relazioni: Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred (sister)
Sidgwick, Henry (brother-in-law)
Balfour, Gerald William (brother)
Balfour, Betty (sister-in-law)
Wellington, Duke of (godfather)
Balfour, Francis M. (brother) (mostra tutto 8)
Countess of Wemyss, Mary (friend)
Dugdale, Blanche (niece)
Organizzazioni: The Souls
Conservative Party
Premi e riconoscimenti: Fellow of the Royal Society
Knight of the Garter
Order of Merit
Privy Councillor

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Theism and humanism, being the Gifford lectures… di Earl of Arthur James Balfour Balfour

The argument put forth is basically it is impossible that beauty (the arts) and/or morality have evolved as a result of selection. These ideas do nothing to advance the fitness of a species, so natural selection would not develop them. And, If these ideas come as the result of the random happenstance of atoms they can be nothing more than meaningless. They must have had causation.

This book is recommended by C.S.Lewis in, "Is Theology Poetry?", as a book too little read. Lewis covers the same basic material in the first 5 chapters of "Miracles", but does perhaps a bit better job.… (altro)

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