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singular cleArness i'm which the aaihor perceiyes
tue ec;s of las investigation, the severity with
which he gives the analysis OF them into their prim
live elements and the philosophical closeness and
precision With which he exhibits the conclusions
tina, were attainable only alter the most sustained
and vigorous processe, Of thought. Il Is not eX-
pec,ed.' he remarks in a singulariy modest and
graceful preface that this work viii be OF any
interest 70 the many sufficient quite If It reach
and occupy the minds Of the lew, and propagate
It's reci2rocations oree thought through the grow
in- number Of such SIS caH and Do famiiarize them
selves in purely rational demonstration. Nor has
il. been deemed that there is here perfected and
universally comprehensive philosophy, though II
is believed that the true direction is here taken
and It IS also hoped that some progress ha, been
gained toward the ultimate attainment OF that po-
sition from which the complete science OF all the
sciences II ever 20 be consummated, must at
length be perfected. 1t Is intended only as con
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conrenial or to be thrown ashore if it prove only
n. foreign numbering DRIFT upon It's surface.
The problem. to the solution OF which the pres
ent volume IS devoted IS not within the sphere ct
ans the experimental sciences, but seeks to de-
termine the universal, necessary conditions oil all
science, all experience, in the primitive original
laws Of Thought in the very construction OF the
Intellect itself considered in itsthree-old functions
Of Sense, Understanding and Reason. This prob
lem. in its various forms and applications has been
the grand theme of speculation and inquiry among
European philosophers since the shock that was
given 70 the prevailing Sensational system by the
publication of KASr's Cri,ique OF Pure Reason
tow ard the close Of the last century. Various at
tempts have been made 10 introduce the results OF
the Rational philosophy to which the movement
rave birth into the current Of English Thought
and especially By CoLERlDGE in England, and by
| the late deeply lamented President MARSH IN tins
country Nor have their efforts been entirely
fruitless A general suspicion of the superica.ity
and ncompeteness of the popular philosophy Of
| Locke y hose name was long reverenced as an
oracle has become prevalent and growing IN
cllnation toward the more profound and SPIRITUAL
views elected in the course OF German investlga'
ton. IS displayed not only by the best English
writers on intellectual science but m almost every
department Of the current Literature OF the day
The abors both Of Coeridge and Marsh, however
and in fact of all others, who have shown any in
terest in this subject, have been little more than
reproduction of foreign philosophers and 1t was
not until the appearance of this volume, that we
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ocKs production.
| He is profoundly versed in the writings OF the
great Continental philosophers He IS 50 familiar
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their phraseology that their exceeding intellectual
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graceful facility OF one who was born tor their en-
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all thinking men. Nor is he confined to this process
| of reproduction and publication. HIS work IS es-
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whole. which everywhere shows the characters
tics of an independent mind. Although its pro-
sress from the very nature OF the SUBJECT and the
manner in which It Is presented, must necessarily
be slow. it will win a favorable reception among
the limited number who are competent to decide
understandingly on its merits, and will secure a
place as a standard authority on the difficult sci
ence to which it is devoted.
| In Justice to the author we ought to state that
the volume, though printed with considerable ty
porraphical beauty, is disfgured by numerous
errors OF the press, which will inevitably di'oour-
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