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Review of the Work of Mr. John Stuart Mill Entitled Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosphy
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An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy, and of the Principal Philosophical Questions discussed in his Writings. By John Stuart MILL. London: Long mans. 1865.
The work bearing the above title is an octavo volume, consisting of twenty-eight chapters, and five hundred and sixty pages. This is no great amount of print; but the amount of matter contained in it is prodigious, and the quality of that matter such as to require a full stretch of attention. Mr Mill gives his readers no superfluous sentences, scarcely even a superfluous word, above what is necessary to express his meaning briefly and clearly. Of such a book no complete abstract can be given in the space to which we are confined.
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An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy, and of the Principal Philosophical Questions discussed in his Writings. By John Stuart MILL. London: Long mans. 1865.
The work bearing the above title is an octavo volume, consisting of twenty-eight chapters, and five hundred and sixty pages. This is no great amount of print; but the amount of matter contained in it is prodigious, and the quality of that matter such as to require a full stretch of attention. Mr Mill gives his readers no superfluous sentences, scarcely even a superfluous word, above what is necessary to express his meaning briefly and clearly. Of such a book no complete abstract can be given in the space to which we are confined.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
118 pages, Paperback
First published June 17, 2004
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George Grote
360 books6 followersGeorge Grote was an English political radical and classical historian. He is now best known for his major work, the voluminous History of Greece.
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November 18, 2021
I doubt that the philosophy of Sir William Hamilton, or J. S. Mill's examination of his philosophy, are anything but a footnote today, but this early work of Mill's was his claim to fame in his lifetime.
This short (fre)e-book is neither a book or a pamphlet, but a review article.
I picked it up hoping for a savage take down of JSM, but Grote was personal friends with Mill, and the review is friendly, even larding on praise at some points, with criticisms muted, or introduced between compliments.--- delete delete delete.
But it is not right to dislike a book for not being what you, the reader, expected, especially if what you expected was the exact opposite of what the author intended. Once I caught on to what this e-book actually was, I could adjust my view and calmly read it as the "higher log rolling" it is.
This short (fre)e-book is neither a book or a pamphlet, but a review article.
I picked it up hoping for a savage take down of JSM, but Grote was personal friends with Mill, and the review is friendly, even larding on praise at some points, with criticisms muted, or introduced between compliments.--- delete delete delete.
But it is not right to dislike a book for not being what you, the reader, expected, especially if what you expected was the exact opposite of what the author intended. Once I caught on to what this e-book actually was, I could adjust my view and calmly read it as the "higher log rolling" it is.
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