The Philosophy of the Conditioned: Comprising Some Remarks on Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy, and on Mr. J.S. Mill's Examination of That Philosophy (19th Century British Philosophy S.)

by Henry Longueville Mansel

This is a collection of essays, first published in "Contemporary Review", which contain a fierce counter-attack. Mill is castigated for his alleged misunderstandings of Hamilton, for his ignorance of Kant and for his "contempt" for metaphysics itself. Mansel defends, against Mill, the intelligibility of arguing for an unknown God and even of saying that "God is good", albeit in some non-standard and perhaps analogical sense of the term. Issues at stake between Mill on the one side and Hamilton and Mansel on the other, include the status of metaphysics itself, the relation of Faith to Reason and the freedom of the Will.

• ISBN10: 117693032X
• ISBN13: 9781176930322
• Publish Date: 6 August 2010 (first published 1 January 1992)
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Nabu Press
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 206
• Language: English