Outlines of English Literature
Outlines of English Literature
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Indeed it may be said that the oldei manner of philosophizing drew us rather to admire the genius ' and invention of the speculator, while the modem way leads us immo- diately to the contemplation of the subject of the speculation ; and fills us with admiration, not for the intellect, displayed in the inves- tigation, but for the wonders of the department of nature which forms the subject of the inquiry. In this respect, therefore, whatever has been lost by the philosopher has been more than re...gained by philosophy.
Digitized by Google 202 OUTLINES OF GENERAL LITERATURE. [OHAP. Xi; Perhaps one of the most striking exemplifications of the Baconian method, in matter as well as in form, is to be found in the writings, BO various and so important, of John Locke. Nor was there a less striking resemblance betweeen many principal features of the persona^ and intellectual character of these two great men. They possessed, both of them, the spirit of the practical — the useful — in the very highest degree: they both declared incessant and unrelenting war against the spirit of obscurity and mystery, the host of arbitrary and technical forms, in which the subjects of their speculations had been, obscured and enveloped by the scholastic philosophers : they were both the apostles and the high priests of common sense.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Indeed it may be said that the oldei manner of philosophizing drew us rather to admire the genius ' and invention of the speculator, while the modem way leads us immo- diately to the contemplation of the subject of the speculation ; and fills us with admiration, not for the intellect, displayed in the inves- tigation, but for the wonders of the department of nature which forms the subject of the inquiry. In this respect, therefore, whatever has been lost by the philosopher has been more than re...gained by philosophy.
Digitized by Google 202 OUTLINES OF GENERAL LITERATURE. [OHAP. Xi; Perhaps one of the most striking exemplifications of the Baconian method, in matter as well as in form, is to be found in the writings, BO various and so important, of John Locke. Nor was there a less striking resemblance betweeen many principal features of the persona^ and intellectual character of these two great men. They possessed, both of them, the spirit of the practical — the useful — in the very highest degree: they both declared incessant and unrelenting war against the spirit of obscurity and mystery, the host of arbitrary and technical forms, in which the subjects of their speculations had been, obscured and enveloped by the scholastic philosophers : they were both the apostles and the high priests of common sense.
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