New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-09

Whss Kant p,oBosnssd in donss and hesisssion
tam Of biz Philosophy is that the speoClsscns Of
| Iss'eD are bu: tAe dialogue Of man with As own
bsdsv. Eenee, according 70 lis trs1acsa3ec a
philosophy, God 10 soihDg else thsa @sns intuition
OF his own AstuIe considered IS al iDisrsndsu.
sxisisnse. The Ssp,eno Beiog is 70 b thought
Of "a an order o. events ind nc. IS . substance or
personali.y. scselliDs, amid Tho nsuifold eon-
s!sdstiO1s Of bis works, ssas no more sasiscso-y
sOinton Of the problem. Eesel winds up with
tbs conclusion tAs. Beng and Nothing s-e he ssus.
The fundamental formula Of bis philosophy is the
identity Oi contradiction. GOD" according e
this ErOfonDdsst Of the Germans, 4" arrives IL man
at .hs most perfect consciousness * bis Asns and
hence i.hout MAD ara the world God wss Nc.
complete, nor was hH Jet COD" According 70
HeiDe, who VIA himself 1t one tine an arden. dis
ciple Of Hesel, speaking Of bis lstes: followers,
Strauss, Bruno Bauer, andFeuerbach, the most
consequent Of tho terrible children of our modern
philosophy, the modern Coryphseus is ose who
bears really the name Of lake Of FIRE (Fever1ach)
and proclams, in concert with bis friends the most
radical atheism as the last word of our meta
pSysios. With baechanalisn frenzy, these i'm
pous zealots tear the blue vail from the heavens Of
Germany, and cry out: Look, Ell divinities hs-e
fed, and there resides on high only an old romsu
With iron hands sud desolated heart Necessity"
Nor, according to the author, has the way 10 the
East been discovered by the modem philosophers Of
FIshee. There is no real difference, he contends,
between the God Of spinoza, Hege and 6chelling
and the God of Victor Cousin, Take from Cousin
bis brilliant style and French enthusiasm sl1 you
take awsy all that dstiDguishe, hs philosophy from
GerwsD Ps--.ucasm. We fare no bstter with his
Disciple jouffroy and still worse with LerouX and
ProadhOn.
But the ill.success Of reason, as exercised BY
such men, argues the writer, is not to be taken IS
an evidence Of the incompetency Of reason itself.
Next to theology philosophy is the noblest occuPa-
ton Of mans intellectual powers. It's short
comings are 10 be ascrbed not 70 reason but to the
want of IL. not to the exercise of reason bat 10 the
neglect of s exercises not to the use treason, but
to its wllfal abuse. Who then, will satisfactorily
answer the demands Of reason ! This is the pivotal
question Of the age, as well as Of this book, and ia
the answer which it receives from the author, he
points out the antthesis between TranscendentSlism
and Catholicism In his view, no one but the great
Creator of man il competent 10 solve satisfactorily
the crest question Of reason, and TO teach him the
way Of accomplishing the great purpose Of his eI'
istence. Hence the necessity Of sn immediate
Divine Revelation and Of a. Infallible Church a.
the e1pouDder Of that revelation. There is 10
remedy in Professionalism, the writer attempts to
show, by an induction similar to that by which he
undertakes 10 demonstrate the insdeQuaey Of human
reason. Luther and the early Reformers nsde no
attempt TO establish rational faith. They can in
question the claims both Of reason aud freewill.
Their SUCCESSORS IN recent times have succeeded no
better in solving the great problem. The faure Of
Protestantisn, according to our author, hiss called
into the arena ssch writer's Emerson and Carlyle.
The whole drift Of their eloquenee ia confession
Of the inade9uscy Of the prevailing religion to The
wants of the soul. Mr.. Emersons appeals, he re-
cards SO the voice of an outraged conscience and m
oppressed reason, claiming their rights and freedom
10 tones Of manly sincerity aud courage. Honor 10
due to bis bold assertion Of tho worth aud dignity
Of man, yet it is subject Of deep regret that bis
splendid abilities bsvo been perverted 10 the circu-
htion Of the theories q German Ps1theists. His
doctrines can never take root on the virgin soil Of
America; bu. his eItravsgant efforts 10 msguify
man are only the patural rebound from the opposite
extreme Of his excessive debasement. The genuine
and more truthful efforts Of Mr.. Emerson must be
looked on with a friendly eye BY true religion, ~
they 10 to create basis for fsture belief
Another Illustration Of tho future of Protestant
nm in this country is derived BY Mr.. Hecker from
work called Memorial Papers," containing
remarkable report of Ave Episcopal bishops on q
memorial addressed to their body, which assumes
that the Episcopal Church, confined to the exer.
else of Der present system, is not adequate to do
the work of the Lord in this land and in this age"
The remainder Of The volume is devoted to the
Illustration of the Catholic faith, as founded in the
demands Of human nature, doing Justice to the
claims Of reason, in accordance with the spirit Of
the age, and fully solving theprob!em which has con-
spicuousy failed in the hands Of philosophers, Tran
scendeutsEste, and Professionals. We have thus
given rapid anayss of this work in the discharge
of our duties as journalists, without passing an
opinion on its controversial merits, which is not
our province 1t will be read with interest on ac-
count Of the novelty Of the aspects in which the
subject 10 presented and the bOdness sud eloquence
with which tho author sustains bis views; but We
spprehend that both philosophy and Professionalism
will survive bis ingenious and enthusiastic efforts.
The typographical execution Of the work is
commendabe for its neasnes. andgeod taste but the
correction Of the press has been performed with H.
| e1cusable negligence. The proper names, sspe-