Introduction

Biography

Thomas was the son of Am­er­ican Con­gress­man Na­than­iel Up­ham.

He was a phi­lo­so­pher, psy­cho­lo­gist, pa­ci­fist, po­et, au­thor, and ed­u­cat­or.

He was edu­cat­ed at Dart­mouth Col­lege, Ha­no­ver, New Hamp­shire (1819) and An­do­ver Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry (1821).

He pas­tored at the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Ro­ches­ter, New Hamp­shire (1823–25), and was Pro­fess­or of Mo­ral and Men­tal Phi­lo­so­phy at Bow­doin Col­lege, Bruns­wick, Maine (1825–67).

He was al­so as­so­ci­at­ed with the ho­li­ness move­ment, and was vice-pre­si­dent of the Am­er­ican Peace So­ci­ety (1843–72).

Works

• American Sketch­es, 1819
• Elements of In­tel­lect­u­al Phi­lo­so­phy (Port­land, Maine: Shir­ley & Hyde, 1827)
• Mental Phi­lo­so­phy, 1831
• A Phi­lo­so­phi­cal and Prac­ti­cal Trea­tise on the Will (Port­land, Maine: Will­iam Hyde for Z. Hyde, 1834)
• Religious Of­fer­ings (New York: Lea­vitt, Lord; Bos­ton: Crock­er & Brew­ster, 1835)
• Manual of Peace (New York: Lea­vitt, Lord, 1836)
• Outlines of Im­per­fect and Dis­or­dered Men­tal Act­ion (New York: Harp­er & Bro­thers, 1840)
• Prize Es­says on a Con­gress of Na­tions, 1840
• Principles of In­ter­ior or Hid­den Life, 1844
• Elements of Men­tal Phi­lo­so­phy, 1845
• Religious Max­ims, 1846
• Life and Re­li­gious Opin­ions and Ex­per­i­enc­es of Ma­dam de la Mothe Guy­on, 1847
• American Cot­tage Life, 1850
• The Life of Faith, 1857
• Treatise on Di­vine Un­ion, 1857
• Christ in the Soul, 1872
• Inward Di­vine Guid­ance
• Letters Aes­the­tic, So­cial, and Mo­ral, Writ­ten from Eur­ope, Egypt, and Pal­es­tine