New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-18

construct system which certainly as reiaTkaDo for
its completeness its originality. McfaphSncs' he
airnis has been cniessy defnef. that W sy' u ~
ueyor been defined at ALL Instead Of presenting INC
so,idy " exact science II may be compared ~ III
island Of floating logs, driven about by tDo ""' hpu
with no Il xed position or determined shape Defining
metaphysics Il like measuring Prcmeiheus ProieusD
for coat" But consciousness Ia subjected 10 more
rigid analysis metaphysics viii assume more a'''nc.
form aud may at length be reduced to the proportions OF
a science. the opinion of the autb"r the if"o' ~
speoulaton il establish single principle on WIG"
my I've founded the deductions OF abstract rason"S
This be claims have discovered In the factor Pereep
,ion which hs makes tie corner stone oil philosophical
theory which shall cover the whole circle OF Thought
For instance he maintains that under psychology there
IL nothing consciously Ia the mind but perception under
logic there Is nothing ntuitivey known bat perceton'
under onioogy, unless being Is perception IL IS nov
intultiycly known under pahics, emotion Is hnher'c
ats the same pcrceptlon aud under theology, mos
Cod ia perception, he ia not ntuiiively known ire
whole consequences Is thus exhausted In perception ana
metaphysics may be regarded the science OF peFceI
ton According this pan the volume s divided mo
tho separate branches OF psychology or the science Oh
perception such; logic perception In its pracnca
applications, statical. but dynamca or the science
of perception knowledge; Ontoogy, or the silence Oh
perception the knowledge OF bong pathles, or ,ue
science of perception rs emotion and finally theology
Of God In filing out the outlines, that arc thus
sketched the author tackles his subject without gloves
His language ~ free from ciTcumlocrtion. NJ II he
were discussing problem OF geometry instead OF meta
physics His meaning IL disguised by cloud OF
words; his eye never wandcrs from the point; nor
docs he ever beat tho bush in vain at
tcmpt 70 find his path Like most innoyators,
he has little respect for established opinions ;
the wisdom OF the ancens is accepted on lis merits, or
pushed aside IA foly and his mode OF handling the ar
gnonts his fancied opponents savers less OF tender
than audaeiy. In point Of STYLE the method oi TIC
author Il unique There Is not long-wndad sentence
in the volume. His IDEAS are, 20 great decree, cX-
pressed in the form Of aphorms crisp and sparkling IN
their brcviiy aud program. viii Significance HIS Illus
rations arc drawn from the honolest sources, remind
in of the familiar talk OF neshbors on the farm CT
IN the shop rather tan o the dscu sons OF e schools
Although the work "a devoted to the viniction OF rcig-
nus doctrine on philosophical principles the author ne
trays no at the modern theories when are sup
posed hy.sofne 10 lie at with religion. The great
facts Of religion, he afrns motors OF intuition
Ticy cannot he set aside by any empirical concots OF
protopasn which after all may claim great deal Of
truth We need not scared at the unkuowahlc. One
half Of Herbert Spencer might at once be swept into the
Golfers OF tie church. When the Gibconltcs come ard
pretend 10 DC cropping for the Almighty, their 'cloitel
shoes aud noly provisions. and th.ir old sacks on
their asscs ought not to deceive us though they had
come n great way: for they neiZhhor sinners; and
poor mbeces Ike all; let at least deal Willy If
they come among ia, and mako them hewegs Of wood
and drawers az for tie If Israel vast "a
may he gotten out Of q working inalc" With regard 10
the isly bugear 81 evolution the author docs not OBJ
cc 10 as hostile ethics n God had power to create
urotOplasm Il Ia contradiction to ethics that he bred
all change in the egg Nor does evolution, propey un-
dcrsto0d contradict ;lo Mosaic record but IT cannot
Give t4nable ontoogy On this point Dr. Miller pre-
sents many discriminating remarks, aud with the discus
sion hrincs c volume to close. II can hardly be ex-
rocted that the casc-lardcnd mrtaphy stefan will receive
his Leiry as The snd of all controversy and the signal
for universal peace in the realm OF speculation but no
one can deny tie originality OF his positions and the
yiyacity aud force with which they are sustained