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to the presidency of Harvard, Bowen was appointed his successor as Alford professor of natural religion, moral philosophy and civil polity. This time the appointment was approved almost unanimously by the overseers, and he occupied the chair until 1889. After 1858, he lectured before the Lowell
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on rent. He took pains to trace the influence of our form of government and condition of society upon economical questions. A significant philosophical interest was harmonizing philosophy with Christianity. Piety marked his writing and teaching.
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In the winter of 1850, Bowen lectured again before the Lowell Institute on political economy, and in 1852 on the origin and development of the English and American constitutions. In 1853, on the election of
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In 1876 he was a member of the United States Silver Commission which was appointed to consider currency reform. In 1877, he wrote the minority report in which he opposed the restoration of the
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In 1850 he was appointed McLean professor of history at Harvard, but his appointment was disapproved by the board of overseers on account of political opinions he had expressed concerning the
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from 1843 to 1854, writing, during this time, about one fourth of the articles in it. In 1848 and 1849, he delivered lectures before the
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Anthony Quinton, ‘Harvard Philosophy,’ in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, ed. T Honderich (Oxford: University Press, 1995), 335-336.
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A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation authored by Robert Chambers in 1844'
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The Principles of Political Economy applied to the Condition, Resources and Institutions of the American People
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Documents of the Constitution of England and America, from Magna Charta to the Federal Constitution of 1789
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Lectures on the "Application of Metaphysical and Ethical Science to the Evidences of Religion"
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A Layman's Study of the English Bible, considered in its Literary and Secular Aspect
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The Rebellion of the Slavonic, Wallachian, and German Hungarians against the Magyars
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in 1841 and devoted himself to literature. He was editor and proprietor of the
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Critical Essays on the History and Present Condition of Speculative Philosophy
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and the remonetization of silver. In 1888, he was asked to endorse the
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The Rise of American Philosophy: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1860-1930
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Institute on the English metaphysicians and philosophers from
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The Study of History in American Colleges and Universities
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In philosophy and metaphysics, Bowen upheld the views of
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in reply. These articles, republished in a pamphlet as
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de Tocqueville, Alexis (1864). Bowen, Francis (ed.).
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de Tocqueville, Alexis (1863). Bowen, Francis (ed.).
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Harvard University Department of Philosophy faculty
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American philosopher
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Phillips Exeter Academy
Harvard University
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
Concord
Lexington
Northborough, Massachusetts
Phillips Exeter Academy
Sismondi
de Gerando
Cambridge
North American Review
Lowell Institute
metaphysical
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Hungarian revolution of 1848
Robert Carter

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