FOOTNOTES:
[3] Briefe über die Schopenhauer'sche Philosophie.
[4] "Yes, yes, Sarastro reigns herein."—Air from the Magic Flute.
[5] An article in the Revue des Deux Mondes.
[6] Hegel et Schopenhauer. Paris: Hachette et Cie.
[7] Arthur Schopenhauer. Von ihm, Ueber ihn. Berlin.
[CHAPTER III.]
THE SPHINX'S RIDDLE.
In the Munich beer halls, when one student is heard laying down the law about something which he does not understand to a companion who cares not a rap on the subject, it is very generally taken for granted that the two are talking metaphysics. Indeed, metaphysics has a bad name everywhere. In itself, it suggests nothing very enticing, and even its nomenclature seems to bring with it a sort of ponderosity which is very nearly akin to the repulsive.