, 1872-11-24

children can find solace for his troubles, and 50
on, to the end Of the chapter, multiplying his
falicities without prejudice to his rent.
THE --LATEST GERMAN PHlIosoPIY.
Germany has still = new philosopher-a new
sage intent On Wrestling from the phyalcal and
spiritual worlds the secret Of their being. 4
new theory Of the Infinite is accepted as the
prevailing mode with as much pride in it's nov
city as Paris feels in adopting the last device OF
the n,odishs. The "Phaosophy Of the Un-
conscious " is the new thing in specu-
lation. The work Of Edward Won Hartmann,
under that title, published in 1885, the result Of
four years OF labor, is the gospel OF the new
philosophy. Won Hartmann is now but so
years Of age, and his philosophio tastes hare
developed in spite OF IN education designed to
to be practical, scientific, and mathematic, and
to at him specially for military career. His
theory seems to be that Ill physica or nature
and thought or mind, owe their origin to
al inexorable will or power which
il itself unconscious and heartless that e1is-
tence, OF the partial separation OF the sensitive
creature from its serehely Indifferent and b1ss-
full creator, ia misfortune that life is deep
eping disappointment, and that personal SAL
ystiop or exemption from the Ills Of Life
il to be found only in the extinction OF
personal consciousness, and the return Of
the soul to it's serenely unconscious
creative force. It is essentially the importation
Of the Buddhist speculative philosophy into
Germany, and may be set down as one Of the
products Of the larger diffusion Of late, among
European scholars. Of the ideas of the Hindoos,
through the 1abors OF Max Muller and other
comparative philologista. It follows close in the
wake OF schopenhauer,r rho INSERTS that Ill anec-
ton is folly, al Joy is = delusion, and even
pair Of lovers is saddening sight, as they are
perpetuating the course Of existence under 4
delueion. We know Of no American philosopher
who ever rose to 30 startling conception as
| this, with the aing]e exception Of Artemas Ward,
Who defined love aB the h1llucination which in
| duces q young man to feel an insane de-
sire to pay zonne young wonlan's board.
/ Whether Bchopenhauer borrowed this brilliant
| thought from Arternas Ward, or Ward from
| 6chopeuhauer, we do not insist. But when Ward
useB the same nonsenBical notion to provoke
| Bmile which Philosophers schopenhauer and
| Hartmann use to promote cyniclsfn, We admire
the hunorist moro than the philosopher.
| Hartmann further recommends that We fise
| above the misery Of life by becom-
ing 30 deeply penetrated BY his
philosophy Of the misery and folly Of existence
! that ne shall no longer have any desire to live.
He calls upon the civilized world to bring sbout
the scientific and philosophical millennium, BY
| grand concert of self-rennnciation, to be hold,
| by the aid Of the telegraph throughout the
| whole world at once, wherein manEno
sh.n triumph over the evils OF existence, By
spontaneously ind universally willing not to
| will any more, and so bring ali conscious per
| sona1 life to an end by absorption into the al
mighty End Unsconscious Spirit.
It is stated as the essence Of his system tha1
ssthe more sensitive, thoughtful and assuming
man becomes, the more he discerns th'
heartlessnees Of the Almighty Ruler, the ulti
mate notbingness Of all high endeavor, ant
craves the dream1ess sleep that ceases to mocl
exalted ideals with constant disappointment
After the grest number OF philosophers ant
their disciples in England and America Whose
reasoning has ended in optimism,
is refreshing to end, springing up in Germany
| 80 rank form Of pessnism, and SO vigorous al
assertion That everything ia going az Mantilin
would eay, s'to the demnition bowwows. Eacl
NAV act as antidote to the other. The Rev
Samuel osgood, in discussing the new Germa'
philosophy from the Christian standpoint, Bays
'In our view, the poor miner who sings nj
| fymns to cheer his labor down under the esrtt
| and feels the comfort OF the Divine Spirit, &C
cepts the truth OF the philosophy Of the Uncon
| scious and sppIes it's power more wisely tina
the burly cynio schopenhsuer, who is the hea
of the pessimist SCHOOL, or the moro human
| and comprehensive Hartmann, his chief disc
ple, who* from his bed Of suffering, ia trying
comfort his suffering race by calling them to 9,
tinction on the wheel Of Buddha, and not
| heavenly Life by the Cross Of Christ"
Possibly the time may come when some Of III
haraher and more absurd conclusions OF bot
philosophical and religious thinkers may
: avoided by recognizing the fact that the ffe
wisdom Lies in the medium between the two'
) tempering each by the other. Or. If the confh'
between Religion and Speculative Reason 1s u
!: herent and perpetual, let that fact at least
recognized as foundation for religious pm
1osophy that sha1l at least acknowledge the utl
ity and value OF both worship and 1eason. u
oagood, in referring to the pending struggle b
! tween the forces Of Rationa1am and Revelation
, | says:
| In the old time, when Christianity oVercame
WORLD the measure Of its power Was the strength
It's eueries for these enemies were to be Won over
| Its might and to be made to serve its kingdom.
two terrible powers that we're joining to CRUSH No