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Discussions by Robert L. Dabney, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Texas, and for many years Professor of Theology in Union Theological Seminary, in Virginia. Edited by C. R. Vaughan, D.D., Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of New Providence, Va. Vol. iii. Philosophical. 8vo, pp. 611. (Richmond, Va.: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1892.) The first volume of Dr. Dabney’s trenchant Discussions was noticed in this REVIEW, Vol. ii, p. 714, and the second volume in Vol. iii, p. 593. There remains yet a fourth volume to complete the promised series.
This third volume is entitled “Philosophical,” and contains much philosophizing of the most lucid and most satisfying order. Papers on “Positivism in England,” “The Philosophy of Dr. Bledsoe,” “The Philosophy of Volition,” “The Emotions,” “ Inductive Logic,” “The Nature of Physical Causes,” “Induction and Analogy,” “Final Cause,” “Monism,” “The Immortality of the Soul,” appear in this volume, and no thoughtful pastor ought to omit reading them. And whatever other topics are discussed, are treated in a truly philosophical spirit. What a clear and strong style Dr. Dabney possesses!
For the reference, see:
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This third volume is entitled “Philosophical,” and contains much philosophizing of the most lucid and most satisfying order. Papers on “Positivism in England,” “The Philosophy of Dr. Bledsoe,” “The Philosophy of Volition,” “The Emotions,” “ Inductive Logic,” “The Nature of Physical Causes,” “Induction and Analogy,” “Final Cause,” “Monism,” “The Immortality of the Soul,” appear in this volume, and no thoughtful pastor ought to omit reading them. And whatever other topics are discussed, are treated in a truly philosophical spirit. What a clear and strong style Dr. Dabney possesses!
For the reference, see:
B. B. Warfield’s review of R. L. Dabney’s Discussions (volume 3)
Discussions by Robert L. Dabney, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Texas, and for many years Professor of Theology in Union Theological Seminary, in Virginia. Edited b…
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