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21-587: Aristotelian Society was founded at a meeting on 19 April 1880, at 17 Bloomsbury Square , London . It resolved "to constitute a society of about twenty and to include ladies; the society to meet fortnightly, on Mondays at 8 o'clock, at the rooms of the Spelling Reform Association…" The rules of the society stipulated: The object of this Society shall be the systematic study of philosophy; 1st, as to its historical development; 2nd, as to its methods and problems. According to H. Wildon Carr , in choosing

42-457: A bronze statue by Richard Westmacott of Charles James Fox , who was a Whig associate of the Dukes of Bedford. None of the original 17th-century buildings survive, but there are many handsome 18th- and early 19th-century houses. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain was based in an 18th-century building on the southern side of the square partly credited to John Nash . The eastern side of

63-558: A name for the society, it was: essential to find a name that would definitely prescribe the study's speculative character, which was to be the Society's ideal, and it seemed that this could best be secured by adopting the name of a philosopher eminently representative. There is only one such name in the history of philosophy and so we became the Aristotelian Society, not for the special study of Aristotle, or of Aristotelianism , but for

84-516: A single pass and thrust of his sword. Law would be convicted of murder and sentenced to death, but would escape his condemned cell and go on to become the founder of the Mississippi Company and the de facto prime minister of France. By the early 19th century, Bloomsbury was no longer fashionable with the upper classes . Consequently, the Duke of Bedford of the day moved out of Bedford House, which

105-463: Is Tim Crane , a Professor of Philosophy at University of Cambridge . Its other work includes giving grants to support the organisation of academic conferences in philosophy, and, with Oxford University Press , the production of the 'Lines of Thought' series of philosophical monographs. The society's annual conference, organised since 1918 in conjunction with the Mind Association , (publishers of

126-580: Is a garden square in Bloomsbury , in the London Borough of Camden , London . Developed in the late 17th century, it was initially known as Southampton Square and was one of the earliest London squares. By the early 19th century, Bedford House along the north of the square had been demolished and replaced with terraced housing designed by James Burton . To the north of the square is Great Russell Street and Bedford Place , leading to Russell Square . To

147-616: The manor of Bloomsbury (now in Central London), which descended by the 4th Earl's second daughter and heiress to the Russell family, and is now part of the Bedford Estate . The Wriothesley family is commemorated today by Southampton Row and Southampton Street in Holborn , within the historic estate. He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge . He succeeded to

168-701: The Joint Session conference are published in June each year (i.e., before the joint conference) in The Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volume . The Proceedings and the Supplementary Volume are published by the society and distributed by Oxford University Press . The back run of both journals has been digitised by JSTOR . Many significant philosophers have served the society as its president: Bloomsbury Square Bloomsbury Square

189-429: The colleague he most admired, was himself an admirer of Southampton, whom he described as "a great statesman". Coventry recalled that other ministers would joke that regardless of his complaints that it was "impossible" to find money, Southampton always succeeded in the end. Southampton however once grimly remarked that "Impossible will be found impossible at the last", an accurate prophecy of the crisis of 1672 which led to

210-639: The earldom following deaths of both his father and his older brother James in the Netherlands in December 1624. At first, he sided with the Parliament supporters upon the controversies leading to the English Civil War , but upon his realisation of their propensity to violence, he became a loyal supporter of King Charles I. While remaining very loyal to the deposed monarch, he still worked for peace and represented

231-519: The keeper of the nation's finances. He died before the impeachment of Lord Clarendon , after which the Cabal Ministry took over government. He was the only surviving son of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573–1624) by his wife Elizabeth Vernon (1572–1655), a daughter of John Vernon (died 1592) of Hodnet, Shropshire . In 1545 King Henry VIII granted to his ancestor Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton , Chancellor of England,

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252-637: The king at the peace conferences in 1643 and one at Uxbridge in 1645. He was allowed to remain in England , having paid fines to the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents of more than £6,000. Several months after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, Lord Southampton was appointed Lord High Treasurer (8 September 1660), a position he occupied until his death. Samuel Pepys admired Southampton's integrity and

273-457: The least virtue of the society has remained, even to the present day, the opportunity it affords for different intellectual generations to meet in an atmosphere of reasoned and responsible discussion.'." The society continues to meet fortnightly at the University of London 's Senate House to hear and discuss philosophical papers from all philosophical traditions. The current President (2016–2017)

294-651: The philosophical journal Mind ), is known as the Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, and is hosted by different university departments in July each year. The first edition of the society's proceedings, the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society for the Systematic Study of Philosophy , now the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society , was issued in 1888. Papers from invited speakers at

315-497: The south is Bloomsbury Way. To the west is the British Museum and Holborn is the nearest underground station to the southeast. There are gardens in the centre of the square. The square was developed for the 4th Earl of Southampton in the early 1660s and was initially known as Southampton Square. It was one of the earliest London squares. The Earl's own house, then known as Southampton House and later as Bedford House after

336-697: The square and the rest of the Bloomsbury Estate passed by marriage from the Earls of Southampton to the Dukes of Bedford , occupied the whole of the north side of the square, where Bedford Place is now located. The other sides were lined with typical terraced houses of the time, which were initially occupied by members of the aristocracy and gentry. On 9 April 1694 Bloomsbury Square was the setting for an infamous duel. The then 23-year-old Scottish economist and financier John Law fought Edward 'Beau' Wilson, killing him with

357-811: The square is occupied by a large early 20th-century office building called Victoria House , built for, and for many decades occupied by, Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society . The garden is open to the public and was refurbished in 2003. The garden is Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens . Other squares on the Bedford Estate in Bloomsbury included: [REDACTED] Media related to Bloomsbury Square at Wikimedia Commons Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton , KG ( / ˈ r aɪ ə θ s l i / RY -əth-slee ; 10 March 1607 – 16 May 1667), styled Lord Wriothesley before 1624,

378-526: The stoicism with which he endured his painful last illness, but clearly had doubts about his competence as Treasurer; in particular, he recorded Southampton's despairing words to him, having been asked to raise more funds at a Council meeting in April 1665: "Why, what means all this, Mr. Pepys? This is true, you say, but what would you have me do? I have given all I can for my life. Why will not people lend their money?" However Pepys admitted that Sir William Coventry ,

399-524: The systematic study of Philosophy." The society's first president was Shadworth H. Hodgson . He was president for fourteen years from 1880 until 1894, when he proposed Dr. Bernard Bosanquet as his replacement. Professor Alan Willard Brown noted in 1947 that '[The Society]'s members were not all men of established intellectual position. It welcomed young minds just out of university as well as older amateur philosophers with serious interests and purposes. But many distinguished men were faithful members, and not

420-495: Was an English statesman, a staunch supporter of King Charles II who after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 rose to the position of Lord High Treasurer , which term began with the assumption of power by the Clarendon Ministry . He "was remarkable for his freedom from any taint of corruption and for his efforts in the interests of economy and financial order", a noble if not a completely objective view of his work as

441-457: Was demolished and replaced with further terraced houses. In the 19th century the square was occupied mainly by middle class professionals. The writer Isaac D'Israeli lived at No. 6 from 1817 to 1829 and for part of that time his son, the future Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli lived with him. In the 20th century most of the buildings came to be used as offices. Bloomsbury Square's garden contains

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