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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Metaphysics

English Romantic poet, literary critic and philosopher (1772 to 1834), co-founder with William Wordsworth of English Romanticism through Lyrical Ballads (1798). Developed an influential distinction between Reason (intuitive, spiritual insight) and Understanding (empirical, discursive reasoning), drawn from German Idealism, chiefly Kant and Schelling. That distinction, set out in Aids to Reflection (1825), reached the American Transcendentalists through the 1829 American edition with James Marsh's introduction, and shaped Ralph Waldo Emerson's own thought directly.

Facts
Birth Year
1772 3
Birth Date
1772-10-21 2
Notable Publication
Aids to Reflection (1825; American edition 1829) 2
Death Date
1834-07-25 2
Tradition
English Romanticism, shaped by German Idealism (Kantian and post-Kantian) 2
Classification
Nationality
United Kingdom 1
Tradition
Tradition (category)
Idealism 2
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Aids to Reflection

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Connections

In Branch

Metaphysics, Branches of Philosophy

Reason versus Understanding is a metaphysical and epistemological distinction as much as a literary one.

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

In Tradition

Idealism, Schools of Philosophy

Influenced

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosophers

Emerson read Aids to Reflection in the 1829 American edition and adopted Coleridge's Reason/Understanding distinction as his own working vocabulary for intuitive versus discursive knowledge.

Source Robert D. Richardson, Emerson: The Mind on Fire (1995)

Works Attributed

Aids to Reflection, Works
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Same As

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Also in Literature Atlas: the same subject.

Source Encyclopaedia Britannicatier 1

Nationality

United Kingdom

Also in History Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Originated In

United Kingdom

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source Wikipedia: Samuel Taylor ColeridgeLead sentence 1tier 2
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( KOH-lə-rij; 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth.
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1. Wikipedia: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( KOH-lə-rij; 21 October 1772-25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth.
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2. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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  • entry: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • In Category: Philosophers
  • In Branch: Metaphysics
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3. Wikidata: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Robert D. Richardson, Emerson: The Mind on Fire (1995)
Influenced: Ralph Waldo Emerson, discussion of Coleridge's influence on Emerson's early thought
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