Excerpt from Critical Essays on a Few Subjects: Connected With the History and Present Condition of Speculative Philosophy The following essays have all appeared, at various times, in the pages either of the Christian Exam iner, or of the North American Review. They are now printed by themselves, not from the mere ambition of making a book, but because they relate mainly to one subject, and fall naturally into a series, so that being read in connexion, there is a better chance, that their meaning and purpose will be clearly perceived. Some over partial friends had also ex pressed a desire to see them in a distinct publication; and as most of the pieces were written at their sug gestion, or under their encouragement, compliance with their wishes seemed to be almost a duty. 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.