I lived from 1799-1872.
I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.
Thomas Cogswell Upham (January 30, 1799 - April 2, 1872), philosopher and educator, was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and educated at Dartmouth College and Andover Theological Seminary. In 1831 he published his Elements of Mental Philosophy, in which he adopted a two-fold classification in terms of intellect and sensibilities. His book of poems, entitled 'American Cottage Life. A Series of Poems Illustrative of American Scenery' was first published in 1850.
Read full description...
Graduated from Andover in 1821. In 1824, Upham was appointed Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy at Bowdoin College, where he remained until his retirement in 1867. The results of Upham's lectures at Bowdoin were embodied in the Elements of Intellectual Philosophy, a text which, in its numerous incarnations and editions, dominated the American scene for fifty years. The first thirteen chapters of Upham's Elements appeared in a preliminary printing in 1826, followed in 1827 by the full text. In this first edition, Upham resisted the temptation to provide a classification of the mental operations.
After 1834, when he published his Treatise on the Will, Upham moved to a tri-partite classification; and this system was laid out in its final form in 1869, in the Elements of Mental Philosophy; Embracing the Three Departments of the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will. Upham's most important contribution to American thought and culture may have been the extent to which he introduced generations of American students to the exploration of human conscious experience as a source of psychological understanding.
In 1850 he published a book of poems, entitled 'American Cottage Life. A Series of Poems Illustrative of American Scenery, and of the Associations, Feelings, and Employments of the American Cottager and Farmer.' It made it to a 4th edition by 1852. In the Preface he says, "In early life I was led to form an acquaintance with those classes of persons, whose occupations and feelings are attempted to be described in the following poems.-- My youthful associations are with the lakes, the rivers, and the mountains of New Hampshire; and with the hardy and industrious people who dwell among them. Mingling for successive years at their firesides, sharing in their sympathies, affected by the constant disclosure of a humble and devout piety, it seemed to me that American Cottage Life, in some respects unlike that of any other country, possessed great attractions for the heart as well as the imagination." &c.
Famous quote: "Seek and possess holiness, and consolation will follow, as assuredly as warmth follows the dispensation of the rays of the sun."
Links of interest include
serendip.brynmawr.edu/Mind/before.html, http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyan_theology/theojrnl/16-20/20-07.htm
Popular poetry
When one returneth from a distant land,
Where he hath been in pilgrimage afar,
284 lines
Sadly and slow the mourners came
Through Charleston's streets, with bleeding heart;
224 lines
Where, near yon river's brink, the willows wave,
And summer's flowers to golden life have sprung;
14 lines
The soul, that loves Thee, cannot fear;
Terror is conquer'd by desire;
18 lines
When fearless seamen spread the journeying sail,
And bear away beneath the welcome gale,
469 lines
In prison, when the early saints
Wore despotism's chains,
18 lines
Bright is the early morn. With radiance clear
Its dewy light illumines the dusky wood.
284 lines
How happy is the peaceful breast,
No agitating strife that knows;--
18 lines
When feeble suns scarce light the wintry sky,
And clouds are drifting in the doubtful air,
174 lines
My Savior! Wilt thou leave me now,
When sharp temptations round me throng?
18 lines
Start a forum topic about this poet
|
|
