New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-08
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vr,yu Jan lave e Ss0'iA Tho siN.'r'5 IS
cusfed IN this uun5tT are OF unaslA i1.sres.
Comics Philosophy, Dante, ke,10asi Piticlifs.
and William Penn fJtm tie topics a. "etr'H'
sifersd and asle aT..c.el. CasscAl 'i'ni'o -
caves cue share OF attention in efld.t essaf'on
lam LsxicogFaohv and he Ant'gone az S'lio-
rl.s while the Short reviews and ror,es oF ne
Edlor are marked by theiI u,-t. daiA0Ii. i1i-
rayt .tyald discrimination. The afite on Come
WI deserves the attention q thinkers Inc
writer's uane il no, given. bll whoever D, nay
t. &c does xot venture % express li- '-t lA pro-
iocnd Sub e.t r.ihcas adequate pre- puaf9n. Dli'r-
iur no les from him. in many of MS s.1lelfn-sr
fan he does ffosi Com:e. clnao- oai fe'pec' MS
rdspencence Of thought The sasaciiy OF ms COM
usnts on the present condition Of so''eti' ana we
general sbIiy ana MunCss Of his reasoning. lts
concessions IN regard 10 the intciie ina p!'iHon 81
Comte are significant. and poiEtsoy TeouAe lne Dig
city Which would f4ia crush the rdlen-e mas
ter mind. without hearing While he attempts 10
re ue the PRINCIPLES oa winch The phiosophle sy--
ten Of Comie founded. he speaks Of him IN teens
q adminng appreciation whica exhibit "a noble con-
trast TO he general oosuseaess and lniiaereaee OF
the press IN Enela1d, and 10 a certain extent, 10
our own country.
N Comie,r says The writer, aud We entirely
asrec Nth him, ito be judged BY partial cTierl-
on bni from The aggregate Of his a5or,, and lronhe
extent. compactness prciGndty and unlg ersai'y oi
his researches Perhaps, when al thai he 0as done
ls,aksn INTO sober consde ration, It may be thought
th,the stands next 70 Bacon among modern philoso-
Pliers. lie Is superior 70 me Sage of NeruIam IN
eyerythng but sooristy Of judgment. poetic rcaneSs
Cf imagination, and that first and Hottest Of al gins
q genius, justice Of conception. But whatever
NAV be thought Of him IN comparison with the
founder Of modern science,-and he himself pre-
tends 10 equaliGy-he is certainly entitled to rank
VITA If not above Hobbies, DeScarteS and Lelbnltz-
perhaps We might add kant" I. would De dIth-
cult If not impossible. in the present age 10 ind
parallel foT the immense learning and labor Of the
colrs dc PhiiOsophe Posture. II would be question
able whether IN any age an analogous could be dis
covered in which such abors had been conte nplated
BY their author rs merely the scaao.dng for higher
and more important constructions, designed to De
erected by himself These are considerations which
entie n Comte 70 our admiration, wholly irrespec-
tive of the the truth Of his conclusions or
OF the beneficial or penlcous tendency Of his
writings"
n the remainder Of the article, the writer gives
summary view OF the Positive Philosophy, and urges
agaiust it several 90 ectlons, which forcoy sls
tanned.
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