Michael Faraday's Mental Exercises: An Artisan ... Official

: The collective writings were preserved in a manuscript now held by the Royal Institution . Key Themes and Philosophies

This report examines the self-improvement group and literary collection titled , edited by Alice Jenkins and published by Liverpool University Press . The "Mental Exercises" Circle (1818–1819) Michael Faraday's Mental Exercises: An Artisan ...

While the group rarely discussed hard science, their work reflected the "inertia of the mind"—a term Faraday used to describe the mental resistance to progress, apathy, and distraction. The exercises focused on: : The collective writings were preserved in a