The Prevailing Types of Philosophy : Can they logically reach reality?

Bound in publisher's red wraps. Gilt lettering. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Tape on spine. v, 66 p. "This little work is, to some extent, negative and undermining; it points out a chasm in modern philosophy. I would not give it to the public were it not that I have previously presented the positive and constructive side in my larger work on "First and Fundamental Truth." I wish the two works to go together, as constituting what I have been able to do for fundamental philosophy. Agnosticism is upheld and propagated in the present day by several influential men, such as Mr. Herbert Spencer and Professor Huxley. It is in the air, and our young men have to breathe it and suffer the consequences. It is evidently exercising a relaxing influence on the faith and doctrinal convictions of the rising generation. It is in my view the grand office, at present, of the higher philosophy, to meet and expose this doubting spirit. The question is, are the philosophies of the day fitted to do this? With our eyes open, we are apt to look on the scene at some distance, rather than on things that are pressingly near and supposed to be known. So it is with modern metaphysicians (it was different with the ancient Greeks); they direct their attention to more remote objects rather than those which are close to us, such as Reality" - Preface.…