An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's PhilosophyJones, W. Tudor (William Tudor)
Religion
An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy
Jones, W. Tudor (William Tudor)
Eucken, Rudolf, 1846-1926
1913. "Erkenntnistlehre." This volume will appear early in 1913. The
translation will also appear during 1913, and the book will be
published by Williams & Norgate under the title of "The Theory
of Knowledge."
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] It is not only in Germany, but also in England, that natural
scientists forget this important fact. The Presidential Address of
Professor Schaefer at the British Association (September 1912) is an
instance of attempting to explain life in terms of its history and
of its lowest common denominator. And huge assumptions have to be
made in order to explain as little as this.
[2] A fuller treatment of this subject will be found in my
forthcoming volume, _Pathways to Religion_. It is incorrect to
state with Professor Sorley (_Recent Tendencies in Ethics_, p. 30)
that "her [Germany's] philosophy betrays the dominance of material
interests."
[3] An important article on this book appeared in _Mind_ during
1896, and, as far as I can trace, this seems to be the first
serious attention which was given to Eucken's writings in England.
A translation of the volume will appear shortly by Messrs Williams
& Norgate.
[4] Cf. _Main Currents of Modern Thought_, translated by Dr M.
Booth (1912).
[5] _Main Currents of Modern Thought_, p. 259.
[6] _The Truth of Religion_, p. 6l.
[7] _Ibid._, p. 62.
[8] W. James's _Text-Book of Psychology_, p. 145.
[9] William Wallace's _Lectures and Essays on Natural Theology and
Ethics_, p. 210.
[10] Edward Caird's Introduction to William Wallace's Gifford
Lectures, pp. xxx, xxxi.
[11] On this conception of the spiritual as _More, cf._ Bosanquet's
_Psychology of the Moral Self_.
[12] _Cf._ Wicksteed's _The Religion of Time and the Religion of
Eternity_, in Carpenter and Wicksteed's _Studies in Theology_.
[13] Eucken's best account of this subject is found in Parts I.,
II., and V. of his _Truth of Religion_ and in _Beitraege zur
Weiterentwickelung der Religion_, pp. 240-281. This latter is a
volume of ten essays by well-known German religious teachers.
[14] The President of the British Association (1912) states in his
address that it is not within his province to touch the question
concerning the nature of the soul. I take the report of his address
from _Nature_, 5th September. Dr Haldane goes much further in the
direction of Vitalism (discussion at British Association on the
subject).
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