Benjamin Paul Blood

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Benjamin Paul Blood (born November 21, 1832 in Amsterdam , New York , † January 15, 1919 ) was an American philosopher , poet and writer who wrote some philosophically influenced books.

Life

Benjamin Paul Blood, son of landowner John Blood and his wife Mary Blood, wrote The bride of the iconoclast in 1854 . A poem his first work. This was followed in 1860 with Optimism. The lesson of ages. A compendium of democratic theology, designed to illustrate necessities whereby all things are as they are, and to reconcile the discontents of men with the perfect love and power of ever-present God , in which he dealt with the philosophy of religion and the justice and justification of God . As evidenced by the subtitle, he drafted this compendium of democratic theology “to illustrate necessities in which all things are as they are, and to reconcile the discontent of men with the perfect love and power of the ever-present God”. 1868 appeared with The colonnades. A poem is another volume of poetry, which was followed in 1874 by The anaesthetic revelation and the gist of philosophy , in which he described the anesthetic effects of nitrous oxide on the expansion of his consciousness and thought after a dental operation .

In 1920 Pluriverse appeared posthumously . An essay in the philosophy of pluralism , an essay on pluralism , with an introduction by Horace Kallen . Blood, who had long-standing friendships with James Hutchison Stirling , Alfred Tennyson and William James , was buried after his death in Green Hill Cemetery in his native Amsterdam.

Publications

  • The bride of the iconoclast. A poem , 1854
  • Optimism. The lesson of ages. A compendium of democratic theology, designed to illustrate necessities whereby all things are as they are, and to reconcile the discontents of men with the perfect love and power of ever-present God , 1860
  • The colonnades. A poem , 1868
  • The anesthetic revelation and the gist of philosophy , 1874
  • Pluriverse. An essay in the philosophy of pluralism , 1920

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personal data
SURNAME Blood, Benjamin Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American philosopher, writer, and poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam , New York
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1919