TWENTY YEARS OF THE ETHICAL MOVEMENT IN NEW YORK AND OTHER CITIES, 1876-1896
Philadelphia, S. B. Weston, 1896. Item #37367
1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. 72 pages ; 21 cm. Address on May 15, 1876, by Felix Adler at the twentieth anniversary of the New York Ethical Culture Society. The service took place at Carnegie Hall. Felix Adler (1851-1933) was the founder of the Ethical Culture movement. While training to become a Rabbi in Heidelberg from 1871-1873 he was strongly influenced by neo-Katianism notions that one cannot prove or disprove the existence of a deity or immortality, and that morality can be established independently of theology. Giving up his Rabbinic studies, Adler founded the Ethical Culture Society in 1877 and the Workingman’s School (a free elementary school, which would become the Ethical Culture School) in 1878. This 20th anniversary service also includes addresses from Alfred R. Wolff, who was the world’s leading air-conditioning engineer and who introduced air conditioning to Carnegie Hall, Minister William Salter, a major leader with the Society in Chicago, and Mangasar Magurditch Mangasarian, the influential Armenian rationalist. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Cover is worn. Small tear to a back page with no text effected. Overall about very good condition. (AMR-48-12).
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