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...McCosh, in the last number of the Princeton Review, has an article on "What an American Philosophy Should be," and in the course of the article makes the following statement: "It follows that if there is to be an American philosophy, it must be realistic. I suspect they will never produce an idealistic philosophy like that of Pleto in ancient times, or speculative systems like these of Spinoza, Leibnity, and Hegel in modern times. The circumstance that Emerson is an American may seem to contradict this, but then Emerson, while he opens glimpses of truth, is not a philosopher...
...line of thought in preference to another seems to indicate an amount of narrowness that is extraordinary. Philosophy aims at the truth, and it is the truth that the philosophic student wants. He does not want the philosophy that may best suite the nature of his country. Dr. McCosh cites the rule of Kaut in Germany, Des Cartes in France, Reid in Scotland, etc., as examples of this nationalistic tendency of philosophy. A German philosophy thus should be one that shows the deep thought and idealism of the country; an English philosophy should be matter of fact; a French philosophy...
President McCosh is endeavoring to elevate Princeton to the scale of a university. The excellent opportunities which are now afforded students of that college to pursue post-graduate courses, especially in philosophy, speak well for the undertaking. The progress which has been made in systems of study almost necessitate university methods. Any college, however prosperous, which neglects the tendencies to an enlarged scope of work and persists in purely college work, cannot reasonably hope for distinguished success or marked progress. The more collegiate study is elevated in its facilities and methods the broader will be the scholarship evolved. A university...
President McCosh, of Princeton, has a curious habit, when disturbed in any way, of chewing the knuckle of his thumb. On one occasion when he had been lecturing on the relations of good and evil of the world, he was asked by some inquisitive divinity student to explain the origin of evil. Replied the president, with a strong Doric accent: - "Well, ye have asked me a vera deeficult question. All the feelosophers of antiquity have tried their hand at it. Sookrates tried it and failed; Plato did no better. Descarites, Spinoza and Leibnitz were obliged to confess...
Presidents Porter, McCosh, Eliot and Barnard are each to have a paper in the Youth's Companion for next year entitled "Advice to Young Men Preparing for College...