| − + | Ind. 62: 804. Ap. 4, ’07. 90w. (Review of first ser.) |
“Dr. Maclaren is always intent on spiritual truths, felicitous in drawing instructive modern parallels to ancient experiences, ingenious in making unpromising sentences yield fruitful lessons, and putting fresh point into trite texts.”
| + + | Outlook. 86: 301. Je. 8, ’07. 200w. (Review of second ser.) |
Macleane, Douglas. Reason, thought and language; or, The many and the one: a revised system of logical doctrine in relation to the forms of idiomatic discourse. *$6. Oxford.
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A book whose object is “to strengthen and revivify formal logic by bringing into close connection with the living facts of thought and speech.” “His work is rather a restatement and a defence of traditional doctrines.” (Nation.)
“This is a pleasantly written, discursive, fairly comprehensive book on logic, and a notable feature of it is the unusual number, variety, and freshness of the examples given. The chief objection which Mr. Macleane has failed to meet is that the more intentionally formal our logic the less can the actual risk of ‘ambiguous middle’ be taken into account.”
| + − | Acad. 71: 606. D. 15, ’06. 620w. |
“Apart from the defects of the traditional standpoint, Mr. Macleane’s book has much to recommend it. Though in some places needlessly prolix, the author generally expresses his views with much sense, point, and an abundant supply of appropriate and often humorous examples.”