Concept
Matthew Arnold
Overview
Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and brother of both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. He has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. He was also an inspector of schools for thirty-five years, and supported the concept of state-regulated secondary education.
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Philosophers who discussed Matthew Arnold
- Thomas Carlyle
- Julian Huxley
- Ernest Renan
- Marcus Aurelius
- Joseph de Maistre
- John Cowper Powys
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Dwight Macdonald
- Charles Hartshorne
- Aldous Huxley
- Empedocles
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Place in the tradition
Part of Empedocles.