[12] On Fichte, 2d Series, vol. i., lecture 12; 3d Series, vol. iv., Introduction aux Œuvres de M. de Biran, p. 324.
[13] We expressed ourselves thus in December, 1817, when, following the great wars of the Revolution, and after the downfall of the empire, the constitutional monarchy, still poorly established, left the future of France and of the world obscure. It is sad to be obliged to hold the same language in 1835, over the ruins accumulated around us.
[14] 1st Series, vol. i., Course of 1816.
[15] Ibid., Course of 1817.
[16] On the legitimate employment and the imperative conditions of eclecticism, see 3d Series, Fragments Philosophiques, vol. iv., preface of the first edition, p. 41, &c., especially the article entitled De la Philosophie en Belgique, pp. 228 and 229.
[17] We have translated his excellent Manual of the History of Philosophy. See the second edition, vol. ii., 8vo., 1839.
[18] 1st Series of our Course, vol. i.
[19] 1st Series, vol. i.
[20] Ibid.
[21] 1st Series, vol. i., Fragments of the Course of 1817.