The Improvement of the Mind (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Isaac Watts is best known for his enormous contribution to hymnody in the English language. A giant who composed and adapted such classics as 'Joy to the World' and 'Our God, our help in ages past' could hardly avoid a reputation like his as the father of British hymnody as we know it today. It is the simple truth however that his achievements reached more widely than his lyrical writings. After his youth, a reflective life as a minister and sometime invalid left Watts with the passionate desire to share the benefit of his careful observation.
Originally The Improvement of the Mind was published as a supplement for Watt's earlier work 'Logic', however it has also been widely popular as a Christian manual for education and a standalone. Watts details with admirable thoroughness everything from how to make observations effectively through to improving the memory, receiving instruction with greater retention and the appropriate learning attitude.
As a religious non-conformist who declined encouragement to work towards the Anglican priesthood in his youth, it should come as no surprise that Watts' way of thinking about pedagogy was also off-piste for his time. He champions ideas such as the encouragement of natural curiosity and the exercise of reason alongside revelation in order to identify the correct way to act, and more importantly the correct way to think.
Philosophy readers, students and those with theological interests are extremely well catered for in this ever-topical work. Readers need only take Watts' advice and 'Let the enlargement of knowledge be one constant view and design in life'.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Originally The Improvement of the Mind was published as a supplement for Watt's earlier work 'Logic', however it has also been widely popular as a Christian manual for education and a standalone. Watts details with admirable thoroughness everything from how to make observations effectively through to improving the memory, receiving instruction with greater retention and the appropriate learning attitude.
As a religious non-conformist who declined encouragement to work towards the Anglican priesthood in his youth, it should come as no surprise that Watts' way of thinking about pedagogy was also off-piste for his time. He champions ideas such as the encouragement of natural curiosity and the exercise of reason alongside revelation in order to identify the correct way to act, and more importantly the correct way to think.
Philosophy readers, students and those with theological interests are extremely well catered for in this ever-topical work. Readers need only take Watts' advice and 'Let the enlargement of knowledge be one constant view and design in life'.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Isaac Watts, D.D., an English dissenting clergyman and poet, was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674, and died in London, November 25, 1748. He was educated by his father, who kept a boarding school in Southampton and then an academy in London. When a boy he was very studious, spending for books the little money received as presents, and devoting his leisure hours to study and reading, instead of joining other boys in play. At school he allowed himself no time for exercise and play, and very little for sleep. He used to mark all the books he read; abridge some, and annotate others of them. In 1698 he was chosen assistant minister to the Rev. Isaac Chauncey, of an Independent Congregation in Mark Lane, London, of which he became pastor in 1702, and remained at his post until his death.
Doctor Watts wrote largely for almost all classes of readers, students of all ages, in Science, Literature, Poetry and Divinity. His complete works have been published in various editions of from six to nine volumes. His Logic and his Improvement of the Mind are the best known of his prose writings. Of his literary merits Doctor Johnson said: "He has provided instruction for all ages, from those who are lisping their first lessons to the enlightened readers of Locke; he has left neither corporal nor spiritual nature unexamined. He has taught the science of reasoning and the science of the stars. His character, therefore, must be judged from the multiplicity and diversity of his attainments, rather than from any single performance.
Of his Hymns, James Montgomery said: "Every Sabbath, in every region where his native tongue is spoken, thousands and tens of thousands of voices are sending the sacrifices of prayer and praise to God in the strains which he prepared a century ago. Probably no poetry in the language has been more widely read or warmly prized.
Doctor Watts was small in stature, being little more than five feet high, and was never married. Monuments have been erected to his memory in Abney Park Westminster Abbey.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Isaac Watts, D.D., an English dissenting clergyman and poet, was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674, and died in London, November 25, 1748. He was educated by his father, who kept a boarding school in Southampton and then an academy in London. When a boy he was very studious, spending for books the little money received as presents, and devoting his leisure hours to study and reading, instead of joining other boys in play. At school he allowed himself no time for exercise and play, and very little for sleep. He used to mark all the books he read; abridge some, and annotate others of them. In 1698 he was chosen assistant minister to the Rev. Isaac Chauncey, of an Independent Congregation in Mark Lane, London, of which he became pastor in 1702, and remained at his post until his death.
Doctor Watts wrote largely for almost all classes of readers, students of all ages, in Science, Literature, Poetry and Divinity. His complete works have been published in various editions of from six to nine volumes. His Logic and his Improvement of the Mind are the best known of his prose writings. Of his literary merits Doctor Johnson said: "He has provided instruction for all ages, from those who are lisping their first lessons to the enlightened readers of Locke; he has left neither corporal nor spiritual nature unexamined. He has taught the science of reasoning and the science of the stars. His character, therefore, must be judged from the multiplicity and diversity of his attainments, rather than from any single performance.
Of his Hymns, James Montgomery said: "Every Sabbath, in every region where his native tongue is spoken, thousands and tens of thousands of voices are sending the sacrifices of prayer and praise to God in the strains which he prepared a century ago. Probably no poetry in the language has been more widely read or warmly prized.
Doctor Watts was small in stature, being little more than five feet high, and was never married. Monuments have been erected to his memory in Abney Park Westminster Abbey.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- VerlagForgotten Books
- Erscheinungsdatum2017
- ISBN 10 1330351568
- ISBN 13 9781330351567
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