author
Bernard Bosanquet
1848–1923
A leading British Idealist, he brought big philosophical questions about the state, society, and human fulfillment into public debate. His work helped shape late Victorian and early 20th-century discussions of politics, ethics, and social reform.
2 Audiobooks
The Essentials of Logic, Being Ten Lectures on Judgment and Inference
by Bernard Bosanquet
The Philosophical Theory of the State
by Bernard Bosanquet
About the author
Born in Northumberland in 1848, Bernard Bosanquet was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford. He taught at University College, Oxford, before moving to London, where he became active in intellectual and charitable life as well as academic philosophy.
He is best known as one of the major figures of British Idealism. Drawing in part on Hegel, he wrote about logic, aesthetics, ethics, religion, and political theory, and tried to connect abstract philosophy with practical social questions. Reference works consistently describe him as an important philosopher and political theorist, and as a major defender of idealism in Britain.
Bosanquet died in London in 1923. Although later thinkers often challenged his ideas, his writing remained a significant part of debates about the role of the state, the nature of freedom, and the relationship between the individual and society.