Part 2

+Stoicism.+ By Professor ST. GEORGE STOCK, author of Deductive Logic, editor of the Apology of Plato, etc.

+Plato.+ By Professor A. E. TAYLOR, St. Andrews University, author of The Problem of Conduct.

+Scholasticism.+ By Father RICKABY, S.J.

+Hobbes.+ By Professor A. E. TAYLOR.

+Locke.+ By Professor ALEXANDER, of Owens College.

+Comte and Mill.+ By T. WHITTAKER, author of The Neoplatonists, Apollonius of Tyana and other Essays.

+Herbert Spencer.+ By W. H. HUDSON, author of An Introduction to Spencer's Philosophy.

+Schopenhauer.+ By T. WHITTAKER.

+Berkeley.+ By Professor CAMPBELL FRASER, D.C.L., LL.D.

+Swedenborg.+ By Dr. SEWALL.

+Nietzsche: His Life and Works.+ By ANTHONY M. LUDOVICI.

+Bergson.+ By JOSEPH SOLOMON.

+Rationalism.+ By J. M. ROBERTSON.

+Lucretius and the Atomists.+ By EDWARD CLODD.

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RATIONALISM

By J. M. ROBERTSON

AUTHOR OF 'A SHORT HISTORY OF FREETHOUGHT' 'LETTERS ON REASONING,' ETC.

LONDON CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LTD 1912

CONTENTS

PAGE § 1. THE TERM 1

§ 2. THE PRACTICAL POSITION 7

§ 3. THE RELIGIOUS CHALLENGE 12

§ 4. THE PHILOSOPHICAL CHALLENGE 20

§ 5. THE SKEPTICAL RELIGIOUS CHALLENGE 27

§ 6. THE MEANING OF REASON 37

§ 7. THE TEST OF TRUTH 47

§ 8. ULTIMATE PROBLEMS 62