The Nature of True Virtue: Theology, Psychology, and Politics in the Writings of Henry James, Sr., Henry James, Jr., and William James

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• The Nature of True Virtue 2
• Title Page 3
• Table of Contents 7
• Acknowledgments 9
• Introduction 11
• The Nature of True Virtue 21
• 1: Jonathan Edwards and Henry James, Sr. 23
• 2: From Edwards to Swedenborg 42
• 3: The Beauty, Spontaneity, and Sociability of Virtue 60
• 4: [The Old Dogma of Disinterestedness] 71
• 5: The Virtuous Idealism of Henry Sr.'s Lectures and Miscellanies 104
• 6: [A Very Long Letter] and the [Interest] of William 116
• 7: [Your Father's Ideas, You Know—!] 124
• 8: [The Appearance of Virtue] 147
• 9: [Invraisemblance] and True Virtue in the Ambassadors and the Portrait of a Lady 164
• 10: The Nature of Radical Virtue 179

• The Nature of True Virtue 2
• Title Page 3
• Table of Contents 7
• Acknowledgments 9
• Introduction 11
• The Nature of True Virtue 21
• 1: Jonathan Edwards and Henry James, Sr. 23
• 2: From Edwards to Swedenborg 42
• 3: The Beauty, Spontaneity, and Sociability of Virtue 60
• 4: [The Old Dogma of Disinterestedness] 71
• 5: The Virtuous Idealism of Henry Sr.'s Lectures and Miscellanies 104
• 6: [A Very Long Letter] and the [Interest] of William 116
• 7: [Your Father's Ideas, You Know—!] 124
• 8: [The Appearance of Virtue] 147
• 9: [Invraisemblance] and True Virtue in the Ambassadors and the Portrait of a Lady 164
• 10: The Nature of Radical Virtue 179
• Conclusion: William James, Henry Jr., and the Life of the Soul under Socialism 201
• Abbreviations 215
• Notes 221
• Bibliography 239
• Index 249