Outlines of moral philosophy / by Dugald Stewart.

  • Dugald Stewart
Date:
1845
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Credit: Outlines of moral philosophy / by Dugald Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    rapid progress which physical knowledge has made since the time of Lord Bacon. The pub- lication of his writings fixes one of the most important eras in the history of science. Not that the reformation which has since taken place in the plan of philosophical inquiry is to be ascribed entirely to him; for although he did more to forward it than any other indivi- dual, yet his genius and writings seem to have been powerfully influenced by the circumstances and character of the age in which he lived; and there can be little doubt that he only ac- celerated an event which was already prepared by many concurrent causes. SECTION II. APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN MIND. 10. The reformation in the plan of philoso- phical inquiry, which has taken place during the two last centuries, although not entirely confined to physics, has not extended in the same degree to the other branches of science; as sufficiently appears from the prevailing scep- ticism with respect to the principles of meta- physics and of moral philosophy. This scepti-
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