+ Outlook. 83: 44. My. 3, ’06. 110w.
“On account of its polemical spirit, the book is not very conclusive in its argument, and the material, of which there is an abundance, is not well organized.”
+ Yale R. 15: 337. N. ’06. 130w.
Hodgson, John Evan, and Eaton, Frederick A. Royal academy and its members, 1768–1830. *$5. Scribner
Reviewed by Royal Cortissoz.
+ Atlan. 97: 272. F. ’06. 440w.
Hoffding, Harald. Philosophy of religion. *$3. Macmillan.
The main thesis of Dr. Höffding’s work is that the essence of religion consists in a belief in the “conservatism of value.” The subject is divided into three parts—epistemological, psychological, and ethical. His aim is to treat all of the essential aspects of the religious problem “not only with the intellectual interest which cannot fail to be excited by so great and comprehensive a subject-matter, but also in the frame of mind evoked by the consciousness that he has here before him a form of spiritual life in which, for centuries long, the human race has stored up its deepest and innermost experiences.”
“As compared with the highly concentrated ‘Problems of philosophy,’ where we never for a moment lose sight of the main issue, this book presents a tangled skein. It needs not merely a bold man, but also a wise one, to grasp as Prof. Höffding grasps, at the sense of the whole and of the parts together—to do justice as he seeks to do, and does at once to religion and to the religions.”