The sun., 1896-08-16

The a.. os .nde,eu6e.: metaphysics really
hsxAa E..a Ey-ao AID Ca1 DaaeLA BraEo WAS
tie frs. nsAztT.tc.An OF tae s.I,ssItA esc-
tzry vho ucres-ET-c.T accs5ted :he hsliocs5-
tri- sySt.-n H. pELo11psy contained II germ
ara II Al r-1 Ss-.C;LA:et STATE. tie ev"!G;'oa-
isr- subsequently ereH1E,eTer- = TIE systems o.
LeiBaiz .a3 E.z.,. Coasi.-e'4 A. ;ss ya;Aes!a
OF .csaI!s-n AID na:era.!sEa Epeczlatlo. AID
oSser7n,soa- /; ne so1-cs Of modern
or:olozscAl doc,rihes- Anaths- ,o=:heTn Italian
who. Ike Rrzzo. vas = member Q: tie
Dominican c-te-. Cau PaaeiA ac-'e!!Ated
the English AID German essays cohcsE.-
ing L7nAa 1cts-staattaz- o.. 1. o:her
wori.. u56srl criticism CenDans!s led "a.
our k.e-l@iEs .pr.aEs from two sources.
ssasih.s expegiencs and -easoC: i; = either
empirical CT speculative. Bat is the Eao-!-
edge acquired By seusa:.oa certA.I7 II VIA:
perceive IS merely nj ss-satIoa. how can
prove :n., tae o5iec: predicting tie sezsa:ton
exists outside OF ne' 81 t2s inner sense. Cam
pan..la answers. Sens. perception unzs. derive
tie character o. certi:uie wh!ea IL does 70:
possess 10 I,se,' from. TeAson; rtasc1 tranS!orrs
it into knowiec--. TboGch the netsphy.ician
may doub. tie ve-ar.Iy OF she se1Iss be caazc.
susSsct tee iraer ssate Now the latter reveals
me 10 m=.el: a. = ee!.z tia: eIss:s. And acts.
aud knows. and wills: =. = be!ng. ho-eTe-. tha:
Is lar troE seeing alr AECNIES c7cEyE1L0E- Az
other wortA tie inner sense reveals 70 ne
both mJ e1..tenos and ia Limitations.
Heace. concludes CAnpaneiIa- there Is
Q being tLac limit. me, al objective
world 6ifereot trora myself, or = aou-eEo. Ard
thus he Demonstrates TIA. the existence OF the
ror-eSo Is the cAcse o: tie sensible perez ot!on
IN me- Bruao. we kaoW. was b1.ned AZ the
stake II Rome a. D. 1900. aad. n spite OF
Campane!ia's dream of universal Dorarchy FOR
the Holy Father his sDec1.A:!ocs were susDected
By the Church. The miscarriage Of these two
experiments proved thA. philosophy eo1Id not
hope to make any advance IL Italy: kencetorth
abe was to take up her abode in countries en-
Exhtered or euaacioated by the Reformation.
IN Eogland aud on both banks OF tas Rhine.
Prof. Weber recognizes that as early as tie
thirtesuth century the conclusion forced Itself
upon the English common sense G. Roger Bacon
that 1. va. necessary 20 abandon u Dri9ri spec
ulation AID the abused syiloEtsrn 10 favor o:
observation and Induction. hi. coavictioa,
which commanded no attention when It
announced. was proclaimed with irresistible
eIoqrsnce in the writing. OF Francis Bacon.
BAror Of yer1!an. Visco1nt - AIbans. who is
sometimes :oollshly referred to as Lord BAcoa
by men who would never think Of speaking OF
Lord DisrAEIi ot LORD Bethel l. Is. ot course,
an ezaEgera;ion OF Bacou's ner!: 10 regard
him as the creator OF the experimental
uetEcd and OF modern science On the coz
trary. Bacon Was the product o: the sciec-
tiEc revival OF tie sixteenth century. and
his manifesto WAS bu: tie conclusion. O.. as
one might say. the moral which EcZland's
common sense drew from the scientific move
nent But although Re Cannot ba said 10 have
originated the experimental method, Prof.
Weber willingly ccrceces 20 him tie honor Of
having raised it from the low condition to which
scholastic prsjCdice had consigned it, and Of
having assured TO It. so to speak. legal exist
sncs oy the most eloquent plea eve. made in It's
favor. Nay more. Though experimental scLer<s
and its methods originated !ong before .he time
of the great Chancellor. Bacon IS none the less
the founder Of eIDer!nentAl phiIOSyphy He %
20 far as he Vas the fra. to aGrr. IN clear and
resonant words tha: true philosophy AID
science had . common irteres. aad that .
separate metaphysics IS futile Hence. he no.
only opposes Aristotle, bat every abstract
opinion On nature or. IN other worda al
metaphysics no. based on science. Il will Be 70
znsrabsred that the old realistic seholAst!c!sn
tdestissd philosophy with theology. Racon OF
the Other hand, co7!t not keep them Ear enough
apart he justified himself for being q natural
isc IN science and = supernA:GrAIist il theo!ozy
on the ground o; this absolute dsttE ct.ou and
AHumber o: English thinkers have followed h.s
example. The distance however. IS no. really
great between the exclusion OF the invisible
from the domain Of science ard the complete
denial OF it Thomas Hobbies. wks VAS = frieua
of Baeoa. taught form O. rnA,e.!A..sn which
his po!iIica! conservatism scarcely succeeded il
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