Essays in Philosophical Criticism
Essays in Philosophical Criticism
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If even the private citizen has his views about the course of events and the mission of his country, to the statesman or public man it is a duty to have such views and to see that they are right. The man or nation who misunderstands or ignores the * spirit of the age ' must pay the penalty of blindness. Charles X., sup- pressing the freedom of the press, has been aptly compared to the peasant who put his hat on the source of the Danube, saying, * Won't the people at Vienna be astonished ! ' If ...Metternich were living now he would have to admit that Italy is something more than * a geographical expression.' Diplomatists nowadays can hardly deal with the feeling of Digitized by Googk THE RATIONALITY OF HISTORY. 131 nationality as did those who framed the Holy Alliance.
Surely most statesmen believe that some age is to reap fruit from their labours. The only consistent political pessimists are the defenders of despotism or anarchy.
* Final causes,' like ^ a 'priori^ has an alarming sound ; it suggests those bugbears, the Schoolmen ; and * teleology ' is apt to remind us of Paley's Almighty watchmaker.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
If even the private citizen has his views about the course of events and the mission of his country, to the statesman or public man it is a duty to have such views and to see that they are right. The man or nation who misunderstands or ignores the * spirit of the age ' must pay the penalty of blindness. Charles X., sup- pressing the freedom of the press, has been aptly compared to the peasant who put his hat on the source of the Danube, saying, * Won't the people at Vienna be astonished ! ' If ...Metternich were living now he would have to admit that Italy is something more than * a geographical expression.' Diplomatists nowadays can hardly deal with the feeling of Digitized by Googk THE RATIONALITY OF HISTORY. 131 nationality as did those who framed the Holy Alliance.
Surely most statesmen believe that some age is to reap fruit from their labours. The only consistent political pessimists are the defenders of despotism or anarchy.
* Final causes,' like ^ a 'priori^ has an alarming sound ; it suggests those bugbears, the Schoolmen ; and * teleology ' is apt to remind us of Paley's Almighty watchmaker.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison to read onlineMoreLess
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