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...There are many things in life I want to reconcile: . . . . . the vigor and beauty of the Bible and the rusticity of its writers; the philosophic acceptance of a First Cause as inconscient as the telephone, and the strong inclination to say one's prayers; the faculty to cope with Kant and the childlike aptitude for faith; the sheepishness of the Shakespearean mask and the sublimity of the poet; the greatness of Queen Elizabeth and the pretentiousness of her virginity; the grace of Charles the Martyr and his unending folly; the greasy corpulence of Gautier and the perfection of his verse...
...addition to a number of first editions, among which are included Locke's "Essay on Government," Descartes' "Discours de la Methode," Pasoal's "Pensees," and Kant's "Critique," there are several original manuscripts and volumes annotated by the authors. The notes to one of Fichte's lectures, in his own handwriting, and a letter of Descattes, are two notable examples. The exhibition will be on view for two more weeks...
...Name From To Berridge, W. A. Recruit Detach. Co. M Ingraham, M. B. " " M Wister, L. C. " " M Graydon, B. " " M Lent, J. M. " " M Kant, L. S. " " M Stover, R. M. " " M Merriam, A. B. " " M Watson, R. C. " " M Worcester, T. " " M Lawlor, E. L. " " M Trenham, J. F. " " M Hammond, W. S. " " M Busk, F. W. " " M Paul...
...duty. Trite as this saying is, it may not be superfluous to analyze its meaning somewhat more closely. There can be no doubt that it is historically correct in so far as the founders of modern Prussia were, directly or indirectly, disciples of the Kantian philosophy. Not that Kant's views on politics and public affairs did in any specific manner shape Prussian legislation of the early nineteenth century; his views were too individualistic and too little concerned with national needs for that. Not Kant but the men who followed him--Stein, Hardenberg, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Fichte, and Hegel--have...
Modern philosophy from the Renaissance to Kant has tried to explain reality in terms of universal laws. But the difficulty remained. What became of the individual soul and of free will in the midst of this inexorable machinery of laws? Kant came to settle once for all the case of rationalistic metaphysics...