[BOOK EIGHTH.]
THE INFINITE.
[CHAPTER I.]
TRANSITORY VIEW OF THE ACTUAL STATE OF PHILOSOPHY.
1. In the works on transcendental philosophy which have been published of late years, we find the words infinite, absolute, indeterminate, unconditioned, frequently repeated, and made to play a very prominent part in the explanation of the most recondite secrets which can be presented to the consideration of man. The words finite, relative, determinate, conditional, are easily combined with these; and from this combination they pretend that a ray of light will arise to dissipate the darkness of philosophical questions.