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The purpose of this book is to deal with Browning, not simply as a poet, but rather as the exponent of a system of ideas on moral and religious subjects, which may fairly be called a philosophy. I am conscious that it is a wrong to a poet to neglect, or even to subordinate, the artistic aspect of his work. At least, it would be a wrong, if our final judgment on his poetry were to be determined on such a method. But there is a place for everything; and, even in the case of a great poet, there is sometimes an advantage in. | Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher 1 Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher The Project Gutenberg eBook Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Henry Jones This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher Author Henry Jones Release Date September 30 2004 eBook 13561 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BROWNING AS A PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS TEACHER E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram Leonard Johnson and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team BROWNING AS A PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS TEACHER by HENRY JONES Professor of Philosophy in the University of Glasgow Illustration ROBERT BROWNING. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO MY DEAR FRIENDS MISS HARRIET MACARTHUR AND MISS JANE MACARTHUR. PREFACE The purpose of this book is to deal with Browning not simply as a poet but rather as the exponent of a system of ideas on moral and religious subjects which may fairly be called a philosophy. I am conscious that it is a wrong to a poet to neglect or even to subordinate the artistic aspect of his work. At least it would be a wrong if our final judgment on his poetry were to be determined on such a method. But there is a place for everything and even in the case of a great poet there is sometimes an advantage in attempting to estimate the value of what he has said apart from the form in which he has said it. And of all modern poets Browning is the one who most obviously invites and justifies such a method of treatment. For in the first place he is CHAPTER I. 2 clearly one of that class of poets who are also prophets. He was never merely the idle singer of an empty day but one for whom poetic enthusiasm was intimately bound up .