A young man from Webster Grove
A young man from Webster Grove, a soldier in the Army, but interested in philosophy, met Henri Bergson.....in Paris. In the course of conversation the soldier mentioned that he came from St. Louis. “Oh,” said Bergson, “that is the city Dr. Harris made famous with his great insight into philosophy! (Lieidecker 1946).” William Torrey Harris was a Yale drop out and a Public school teacher, why did Bergson view him so highly? During his time Harris was one of the most well know philosophers in the world (Lieidecker 1946). Harris was one of the pioneers of the St. Louis Movement. Harris also offered insight into one of Hegel’s most difficult texts; the Larger Logic. Harris was the secretary of the St. Louis Hegelians and he, along with this group, started the first philosophical journal west of the Mississippi (The Speculative Journal of Philosophy). ...