The Meditating Philosopher | Douglas Hedley, Cambridge Platonist, reads in the chapel of Emerson's famous Divinity School Speech @TheMeditatingPhilosopher | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
This rare moment of spontaneous poetic beauty was captured last week at the "Living Theurgy" conference at Harvard Divinity School. I am not affiliate with the program and none of this represents anything more than playful exuberance.

That being said, what a moment of history to hear this and also some other living Platonists comment on this elegant room where I was so fortunate to visit, home of the speech by Ralph Waldo Emerson (pictured at the start of the video). A plaque on the wall noted Frederic Henry Hedge, founder of the Transcendental Club among other things. This inspired Douglas Hedley to share some of Henge's writing, which is featured here.

More of this great soul:

The Unofficial Douglas Hedley YouTube Playlist (45+ videos / 10+ years):
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPKjpRj385ouEGK_1S8CwdlmBHKoKDGPQ&si=LV7r7oZYY0xwzHGN

Other Useful Resources:

Douglas Hedley: divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory/douglas-hedley

Frederic Henry Hedge: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Henry_Hedge

Emerson's Divinity School Address: emersoncentral.com/texts/nature-addresses-lectures/addresses/divinity-school-address

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