William Ritchie Sorley

William Ritchie Sorley (* November 4, 1855 in Selkirk (Scotland ); † July 28, 1935 in Cambridge, England) was a Scottish philosopher.

Life

William Ritchie Sorley was a son of the preacher of the Free Church of Scotland, William Sorley and his wife Anna Ritchie. He studied after completing his schooling at the University of Edinburgh and completed this study at Trinity College ( Cambridge ).

Between 1909 and 1933 taught Sorley as Knightsbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. As Gifford Lecturer he was one of the representatives of the British idealism. His theses formulated Sorley in his work, A history of British Philosophy to 1900 and for this he is still known today.

1933 laid down Sorley all offices and retired into private life. Two years later he died nearly eighty years old on 28 July 1935 in Cambridge and found his final resting place.

The poet Charles Sorley (1895-1915) is his son.

Works (selection)

• A history of British philosophy to 1900. Greenwood Press, Westport, 1973, ISBN 0-8371-6718-3 ( Nachdr d ed Cambridge 1920).
• The ethics of naturalism. A criticism. Books for Libraries, Freeport, N. Y. 1969, ISBN 0-8369-5056-9 ( Nachdr d ed London 1904; previous titles On the ethics of naturalism ).
• Jewish Christians and Judaism. A study in the history of the first two centuries. Bell, Cambridge, 1881.

• Philosopher (19th Century )
• Philosopher ( 20th century)
• Scotsman
• Briton
• Born in 1855
• Died in 1935
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