Paul Elmer More

Critic and philosopher, born in St Louis, Missouri, USA. He studied at Washington University (St Louis), and at Harvard. With Irving Babbitt he led the New Humanism movement, promoting a neo-Christian philosophy which, he claimed, continued the Platonic tradition, and his narrow and pedantic views provoked strong reactions from H L Mencken and many others. His principal essays on literature and philosophy were collected in The Greek Tradition (4 vols, 1917–27) and Shelburne Essays (11 vols, 1904–21).

Paul Elmer More (December 12, 1864 – March 9, 1937) was an American critic and essayist.

He was educated at Washington University in St. Louis and Harvard University. they were to run to 11 published volumes, drawing on his periodical writing, and were followed later by the New Shelburne Essays in three volumes from 1928.

He collaborated with Irving Babbitt from before 1900 in the project later labelled New Humanism.