"The Self: Its Body and Freedom" by William Ernest Hocking, published by Yale University Press, New Haven, First Edition, stated Third Printing, March, 1936 [1st printing was issued March 1928].

"The most important freedom is the freedom to perfect one's freedom."

Terry Lectures 1925-1926.

Hard boards, original publishers black cloth with gold lettering on spine [some wear and soiling]; 5.1/2" x 8.1/4"; discarded library book with a label inside front cover, pocket inside back cover, ink number written on spine and title page; 178 pages, bumped corners, good+/ very good condition.

William Ernest Hocking (1873-1966) was an American idealist philosopher at Harvard University. He continued the work of his philosophical teacher Josiah Royce (the founder of American idealism) in revising idealism to integrate and fit into empiricism, naturalism and pragmatism. He said that metaphysics has to make inductions from experience: "That which does not work is not true." His major field of study was the philosophy of religion, but his 22 books included discussions of philosophy and human rights, world politics, freedom of the press, the philosophical psychology of human nature; education; and more. In 1958 he served as president of the Metaphysical Society of America. He led a highly influential study of missions in mainline Protestant churches in 1932. His "Laymen's Inquiry" recommended a greater emphasis on education and social welfare, transfer of power to local groups, less reliance on evangelizing and conversion, and a much more respectful appreciation for local religions.

The Dwight H. Terry Lectureship, also known as the Terry Lectures, was established at Yale University in 1905 by a gift from Dwight H. Terry of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Its purpose is to engage both scholars and the public in a consideration of religion from a humanitarian point of view, in the light of modern science and philosophy. The subject matter has historically been similar to that of the Gifford Lectures in Scotland, and several lecturers have participated in both series. The lectures are free and open to the public. A single installment generally consists of four lectures by the same visiting scholar, given over the course of a month or less. Many of the lectures have been edited into books published by the Yale University Press.

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