Quotes:Lewes, George Henry

Zirkoff, Boris

Lewes, George Henry (1817-78), Vide Vol. VIII, p. 463, of present Series for biogr. data.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 2, p. 534

Lewes, George Henry (1817–1878). English author, b. in London, April 18, 1817; d. Nov. 30, 1878. Educ. at various schools. Studied medicine; spent two years in Germany studying the life and culture of that country. Wrote for newspapers and magazines in London, until he became one of the foremost littérateurs. Later studies became a valuable contribution to psychology. In philosophy, he was a positivist, opposed to metaphysics, but in later life admitted possibility of empirical metaphysics. Chief works: The Biographical History of Philosophy, 1845—The Problems of Life and Mind. London, 1874–79.—The Physical Basis of Mind. London: Trübner & Co., 1877; Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co., 1877.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 8, p. 463

Lewes, George Henry (1817-1878). Vide Volume VIII, p. 463, for biographical data.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 9, p. 442

Lewes, George Henry (1817-1878). *The History of Philosophy from Thales to Comte, etc., 1857; also 1867 & 1871. Two Vols.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 580