Dissertation First: Exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Metaphysical and Ethical Philosophy, Since the Revival of Letters in Europe (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Dugald Stewart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0365247685 ISBN 13: 9780365247685

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Dissertation First: Exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Metaphysical and Ethical Philosophy, Since the Revival of Letters in Europe

In treating of the first of these subjects, it cannot be denied that d'alembert has displayed much ingenuity and invention but the depth and solidity of his general train of thought may be questioned. On various occasions, he has evidently suffered himself to be misled by a spirit of false refinement; and on others, where probably he was fully aware of his inability to render the theoretical chain complete he seems to have aimed at concealing from his readers the faulty links, by availing himself of those epigrammatic points, and other artifices of style, with which the genius of the French language enables a skilful writer to smooth and varnish over his most illogical transitions.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0365247685
• ISBN 13: 9780365247685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 646