Excerpt from An Introduction to the Critical Philosophy: Intended for the Use of Students The following work is one of a number projected by the author at a time when he was chiefly occupied with the study of the various branches of Metaphy sics. Most of it has been written for some years, and would have seen the light at a much earlier period had the Board Of Trinity College desired it. On finding myself compelled (somewhat un willingly) to abandon Metaphysics for a very dif ferent pursuit, I had to choose between destruction and publication; and believing that the book might prove useful to students in Philosophy elsewhere, if not here, i resolved to adopt the latter course, though probably at a pecuniary loss. I must ask the public to judge it on its own merits without being influenced by the reception it is certain to meet with in Trinity College. For two reasons it will meet with no ta. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.