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
[30] It is a great merit of Bergson, too, to have perceived this
fundamental difference. The difference between intellect and
intuition, in his larger volumes, is more illuminating on the side
of intellect. The relation of both is expressed by him more clearly
in his short _Introduction to Metaphysics_ (soon to appear in
English).
[31] Troeltsch, in his _Psychologie und Erkenntnistheorie_, has
perceived the difference very clearly, but in a manner quite
different from Bergson. Troeltsch has dealt with the presence of
the content of the over-empirical as something which is higher than
any psychology of the soul, and which is at the farthest remove
from the percept.
[32] Richard Kade, in his new book, _Rudolf Euckens noologische
Methode_, points out very clearly Eucken's contributions on this
point from 1885 downwards. Kade further deals with the later
developments of Windelband, Rickert, Troeltsch, and Wobbermin in
the same direction.
[33] _Historical Studies in Philosophy_,1912, p. 176.
[34] _Cf._ the two remarkable volumes of Baron von Huegel, _The
Mystical Elements of Religion_,1908, and especially vol. ii. These
books are a mine of rich things, but I have not observed that many
in our country have as yet realised this fact.
[35] _The Truth of Religion_, p. 456.
[36] _Main Currents of Modern Thought_, p. 353.
[37] _The Truth of Religion_, p. 59.
[38] _Cf. Decadence_, Henry Sidgwick Memorial Lecture, by the Rt.
Hon. Arthur James Balfour, M.P., 1908. Mr Balfour has perceived the
problem in a more optimistic manner than Professor Eucken; but he,
too, is conscious that much is required of the people. "Some kind
of widespread exhilaration or excitement is required in order to
enable any community to extract the best results from the raw
material transmitted to it by natural inheritance" (p. 62).
[39] _Main Currents of Modern Thought_, p. 398.
[40] This aspect has been developed in modern times by
Schopenhauer, Ed. von Hartmann, and others. Bergson seems to me to
be greatly indebted to Schopenhauer. Schopenhauer's Will and
Bergson's _elan vital_ are practically the same (_cf_.
Schopenhauer's _Ueber den Willen in der Natur,_ and Bergson's
_Creative Evolution_). Edward Carpenter, in his _Art of Creation_,
has worked out a similar point of view independently of Bergson.
[41] _Der Kampf um einen geistigen Lebensinhalt_, Zweite Auflage,
1907, S. 331.
[42] Sonderdruck, 1905.
[43] George Meredith, _The Sage Enamoured and the Honest Lady_.
[44] _Cf._ the closing passages of Bradley's _Appearance and
Reality_ for a similar view; also the latter part of Ward's _Realm
of Ends_.
[45] This weakness of Bergson's philosophy is shown in the whole of
Bosanquet's _Principle of Individuality and Value_.
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