Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie

"Kenneth Sylvan Launfal Guthrie (1871-1940), philosopher and writer, was born in Dundee, Scotland, July 22, 1871. He attended school in a range of cities, including Florence, Italy; Lausaune, France; Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, Germany; Brussels, Belguim; Hadleigh, Suffolk, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; St. Stephen's College, Annandale, New York.

Guthrie graduated with a B.A., M.A., and G.D., from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, 1890 to 1893; a Ph.D. from Tulane in 1893; and an A.M., Harvard, 1894. In addition he qualified as an M.D., with three gold medals at Medico Chiurgical College {Surgical}, Philadelphia, 1903; and earned a second Ph.D. at Columbia University, 1915.

He was ordained in the Episcopal Church as a deacon in 1890, and as a priest in 1897. He was then placed in charge of All Saints Church, New York City. He also held the post of Professor in Extension at the University of the South, Sewanee. He taught French for five years, and taught German and French at South Brooklyn Evening High School in 1909-10.

Among his publications are The Philosophy of Plotinos; Complete Translation of Plotinos; Message of Philo Judaeus; Of Communion with God; Spiritual Message of Literature; Stories for Young Folks; Why You Really Want to Become a Churchman; Life of Zoroaster; The Mother-Tongue Method of Teaching Modern Languages; Limits and Mission of History of Education; Teachers' Problems, and How to Solve Them; and The Spiritual Message of Literature: A Manual of Comparative Literature with Topical Outlines and Lists of Useful Books for School, College, and Private Use.

Numenius of Apamea, The Father of Neoplatonism
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