New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-18

Ten 70 ret n unTut between the Counts % M.ns'eli
lie ce'tl. sid deS ouy r.. asleep tho night OF he
18th of fehruLry. 1916. The sudden changes which
took lace during his career. ard m With he was
at iced 20 ac q leader, produced ulaE ed co1trItI
between different feIlOas VI ms nfe. lie Pope wa
sesrdcd ly lin at the most sanity and a.
another as tie most fendish father. Whcn BIZ was
c.ied will sssion liz feelings changed IN the MOT
boistcrous Hi wo'e he wa devoted TO the
IIOIrotiou Of mie,cua. freedom, AID Yet he Wa
Jealous IN ell ali Il tho letter. Relying wholly uYon
Jiiiuel influences while giving lws to the most tar
tule storms If revolution. he nevertheless OCCASION
ally Gdvr,d that q Pope with all his menals snoId
b. c0,' INTO tie 1yrThene Sea. HIS opinions were a.
ways expressed with absoute sil cerity, aud he WIS an
ut;I stranger 10 ovtry fOm of earthly interest. BY
vigorous sensuousnefs OF dis o,IIOn he stood firmly
rooted IN the eGrh while biz hesl reached into the
Lecycns. No ono Of hi equa'ed him IN creative
power, In -iyc wa frequently rough r than even ha
Iou. b IerOd seemed 70 allow, but in popular
e'oquenoe lie lad 10 superior in all Germany. Tle
ea1cTress and passion witch lie always fc,t in the
midst Of biz conflicts supplied him with the Enjoyment
Which be needed IN item. Wherever he Discovered in
justice lie saw nothing but he'll tself. His services
However lid not consist much IN his desiro and
lrpi king ccse from what wrvng-for May others
extIoeied themselves from the ancient church with
uch more facility and DECISIONS IN his constructive
rover ard H. tie exube ance OF his warm faith and
love. And yet t're were some pcTois Of great trai
in liz life wien tie temptations OF the devil made him
fer tia; be 81 oud b. bcreft of God and Chrst, ahd
eye!ylli Ing dear. He hal no hesitation even in the
Jreei o liz opponents iseiy to ayow the deliberate
conviction of his heart, that be was well known IN
heaven. earth aId hcl, a. the chosen instrument Of
God for tho accomplishment Of the divine purposes,
and yct ir seemed TO have nothing to do with his IN
divdua' porOn. He never wished 10 hear Of Lutte
ran doctrine and III sublime confidence in God
never nuIeGrcd 30 assue him of bis own deIyerance
fiom dsnl eT, but SIMPLY TO convince him that God
vas abb To raise up every day ten such men a. Dr.
harf.Rps The time in which such man should be
yilifed by absurd rproaches, defended by inbera
yiLdcaons has nov pGss al away, and he saoud be
rear6ed not ~ tie property Of an individual party
but Of tie German naion and OF Christianity
In describing the development ofthought since
the Reformation, DR.. Hase hits off with few
happy touches the influence of the philosophers
who filled so large a space in the history of Ger
man culture, until the demise of speculation,
" hich dates perhaps from the year 1910. From
one Of his crowded intellectual panoramas we
take the following sketch Of
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ABSOLUTE AND IT'S
RANIFICATIoNs.
In direct opposition to the philosophy of faith Fchte
had cvalied human knowledge until il took the place
al dviue When Soheing 10. NO. starting from this
position he'd construed nature as if were shadowy
rejection Of the spirit, he besame deeply Interested IN
it, actual ivin- movements, and as his hi;hiy-Sfiei
mind was engaged in the contemplation of them, he
,rme 70 regard the whole history of the universe as
Taraol spheres of nature and Of mind. la la, subs-
oucnt researches after truth he viewed the world as an
aI ostasv and assuming that was originally Ia oppo-
fiion to God h. explained its origin II God and IT'S
distinction from God. In the estimation of this pull
lcsoTlv RELIGION u the immediate coming OF the Deity 10
selfconsciousness, Christianity Invested OF s -crptu-
raj simplicity il the turning point Of human history,
and lie system Of faith which the Church has formed
respecting reyeaOn. the Trinity and RECOMMENDATION,
is the explanation which II makes OF the great problem
of tie a. were ard by which u expresses ~ present-
mtnts with regard to he final result oscy resem'
bling Scheiing in the reflective and tranquil manner
of his life Hogc mo 1891 assumed that the law OF
logic ves tie law Of the universe. according 10 when
an on ositts ore elevated unit thoy become lost IN
higher unity,-unti IN fact ihey become merely an
idea which tlat Al may recognize Itsot ~ spirit,
rnces The universe rs an objective reality apart nom
-ec and bv constantly thus raising AMI separating
new opposeS which occur IN The history OF Tie world
il reveals to Itself its own infinite Abundance of me.
In tho view of this philosophy the popular rli Ons
which have existed in the world have been the several
POINTS bv WI ich the divine sei-consci. sc-- as e
yellVCd sclf Christianity being the r zion N which
lie unity Of the divine and the h1m1n i pn'c1iel
confirms the ultimate point OF oil truth bn- N The j'g-
form of the idea. il remains if!ly Ia o. " -
things "a the standpoint wcre God and the word,
tic pTefcnt and The uiure, rin'in la :" Po No ana
-,ncral everlasting truth is possessed only ~ Tie NH
Vdual facts Of Christianity. Tie personal iniu ilce
and manner oe Schellng after the brilliant period of
his dencc at jena, powerful on rDViey III me
south OF Germany; while Hegel, rs Prass'an state
PHILOSOPHER, even when ideaizing the actual wo-id
Ifoduced q profound impression upon Tic theology,
III cpHllv Of the north The rationali7;s wele rs On
eb.d io fnd themselves assailed by opponents quite
coual 10 them both In reethlnkng and IN science tLd
who vet gave 10 Christianity historical inpor;an
and an cColesas;ca form far superior 70 what they
were willing 10 concede 10 IT, They therefore accused
their sntaconsis OF panihcism which concealed is
Inconsistency with morality and religion under The
semblaroe oi ecclesiastical orthodoxy. To tins !! wa-
replied tia; Rati0nalsm was stage Of Improvement
which had now, with Kant. become utterly obsoleei
Z sia ale
law in matters OF faith, it had never attempted in
a scientific manner, even in Its most elaborate works
10 Inform men whet reason is, and what IA IL province
in religion. After Heels death hl- school bechine d.
yded into ihoso who used orthodox, and those who
u,cd a heierodox mole of expression. The former
class EXPLAINED it, theological views in the spirit OF ~
ORIGINAL master The latter contended thai il was Only
Giving greater dstnctuess to the original sense Of Is
ronster in opposition 10 the ordinary mode OF repre-
entatiop " hen il proclaimed that everlasting Ire
exalted 10 the absolute idea is in fact he gospel Of On
everlasting death. that religion when carried 10 IL per-
fiction by reason i only God wOrshippng himself,
and that Goldman IL one who never had an exist
.rce AZ an Individual upon earth. Thus from the mod
eru attempt TO cxalt the Old orthodoxy has sprung NJ
severe struggle for the fundamental nnci pies Of Chris
tianit, and the He-eGns accused by the friends
Of ictv of Atheism tue humiliation 81 the biblical
history, the denial OF Immortality and hypocniica
urol, sson of Christianity. Ihey replied by reproac-
inc their ascuseTs with shaiowness which could only
nf,l 81 God separate from the universe sehshne-s
which never dsengagea itself from lie own little l.
hatred If all philosophy and an apos.ay rom Protest,
enfisu In -ornc plOsO hie researches under te9ei
direction. and to carry forward the system which he
had Commenced, the proof Of m immors,iy OF indi-
viduels and OF personal and Il possible " triune
cd WIS ATTEMPTED on the basis of the idea OF per-
sonnlity ScieiEng himself called tl-fll 70 the
rro,.ssorship eft by He-cl, that b. might heal the
,onu6s which had been inflicted b philosophy there.
Ne de,crbed the logical structure by which bis prcde-
oessor had attempted TO complete hr system AZ mere
srisode Of that stem by later hand. aud as pull