Upham, Principles of the Interior Or Hidden Life 1855
"Principles of the Interior Or Hidden Life: Designed Particularly for the Consideration of Those who are Seeking Assurance of Faith and Perfect Love", by Thomas Cogswell Upham, published by Harper and Brothers, New York in 1855 [1st edition was published in 1843]; Copyright 1843 by T.C. Upham.
It is the object of the present work to aid in promoting Holy Living. It will be noticed that the principles of the work take for granted, and every where imply, that man ought to be, and may be, holy. Holiness is the one great thing for which, above all others, man should live. It has been my desire, in the following pages, to promote this great result [from the introduction, T.C. Upham]
Thomas Upham (1799-1872) was an American philosopher, psychologist, pacifist, poet, author, and educator. He was an important figure in the holiness movement. He became influential within psychology literature and served as the Bowdoin College professor of mental and moral philosophy from 1825-1868. His most popular work, "Mental Philosophy" received 57 editions over a 73-year period. Additionally, he produced 16 other books and the first treatise on abnormal psychology, as well as several other works on religious themes and figures.
Specific teachings included a conception of mental faculties - one of these restoring the will to psychology be developing a tripartite division of mental phenomena into intellectual, sentient, and voluntary. The intellect subsumed sensation and perception, attention, habit, association, and memory as well as reasoning. Sensibilities included natural emotions and desires, such as appetites, propensities, and affections, and also moral emotions, such as a feeling of obligation.Finally, the last division was the will, which allowed for volition as a basic component of human nature. This positing of a will free to choose between desires and obligations reflected the author's own spiritual journey from a Calvinistic background to the Wesleyan holiness perspective. However, perhaps his most critical contribution to the field of psychology was Upham's concept of Positive psychology which asserts that there are fundamental, transcendent laws, and living in harmony with them is the key to mental and spiritual health. This concept laid the foundation for a healthy kind of religiosity, and a spiritually-based positive psychology.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c 2-7 weeks) --- $27.50
World: Priority (c 2-8 weeks) ---- $37.50
Condition Report: Embossed hard boards, original publisher’s cloth, gold stamped lettering on spine, paper label, spine ends wear; 4.3/4" x 7.1/2" cream-yellow endpapers, 396 pages, a little foxing, very good binding and condition.
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"Principles of the Interior Or Hidden Life: Designed Particularly for the Consideration of Those who are Seeking Assurance of Faith and Perfect Love", by Thomas Cogswell Upham, published by Harper and Brothers, New York in 1855 [1st edition was published in 1843]; Copyright 1843 by T.C. Upham.
It is the object of the present work to aid in promoting Holy Living. It will be noticed that the principles of the work take for granted, and every where imply, that man ought to be, and may be, holy. Holiness is the one great thing for which, above all others, man should live. It has been my desire, in the following pages, to promote this great result [from the introduction, T.C. Upham]
Thomas Upham (1799-1872) was an American philosopher, psychologist, pacifist, poet, author, and educator. He was an important figure in the holiness movement. He became influential within psychology literature and served as the Bowdoin College professor of mental and moral philosophy from 1825-1868. His most popular work, "Mental Philosophy" received 57 editions over a 73-year period. Additionally, he produced 16 other books and the first treatise on abnormal psychology, as well as several other works on religious themes and figures.
Specific teachings included a conception of mental faculties - one of these restoring the will to psychology be developing a tripartite division of mental phenomena into intellectual, sentient, and voluntary. The intellect subsumed sensation and perception, attention, habit, association, and memory as well as reasoning. Sensibilities included natural emotions and desires, such as appetites, propensities, and affections, and also moral emotions, such as a feeling of obligation.Finally, the last division was the will, which allowed for volition as a basic component of human nature. This positing of a will free to choose between desires and obligations reflected the author's own spiritual journey from a Calvinistic background to the Wesleyan holiness perspective. However, perhaps his most critical contribution to the field of psychology was Upham's concept of Positive psychology which asserts that there are fundamental, transcendent laws, and living in harmony with them is the key to mental and spiritual health. This concept laid the foundation for a healthy kind of religiosity, and a spiritually-based positive psychology.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c 2-7 weeks) --- $27.50
World: Priority (c 2-8 weeks) ---- $37.50
Condition Report: Embossed hard boards, original publisher’s cloth, gold stamped lettering on spine, paper label, spine ends wear; 4.3/4" x 7.1/2" cream-yellow endpapers, 396 pages, a little foxing, very good binding and condition.
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