Agonistes
Subtitle: or, Philosophical Strictures, suggested by opinions, chiefly of Contemporary Writers
Publisher: Rivingtons
Published: 1856
Place of publication: London
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 412
Description: A set of essays, published anonymously by Lyall, on contemporary philosophical and historical ideas including a critique of the Bridgwater Treatises, much on J.S.Mill's Logic plus Hamilton, Brown, Hartley, Hume, Whateley & Leibnitz-Clarke dispute while Macaulay, Newman and 'Laplace on Probabilities' also figure. The book touched on controversial topics (hence its being published anonymously) and received some critical acclaim in its day.