I, f i - it u I ' Lum'jMttJLJMML waggaggr- -d 1^; wi:^tj^' <ny7rf] ^i i¥ ^^^ologirai ^ '•«/. ^^ '* !S^'' */•. ip PRINCETON, N.J. '^ A I Di'vision °^^ 1 ^i /-\A ! Section •*<..:. .^iv ^^^m^ ip — THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY. Philosophical Inquiry is essentially the chief intellectual study of our age. It is proposed to produce, under the title of " The English and Foreign Philosophical Library," a series of works of the highest class connected with that study. The English contributions to the series consist of original works, and of occasional new editions of such productions as have already attained a permanent rank among the philosophical writings of the day. Beyond the productions of English writers, there are many recent publications in German and French which are not readily accessible to English readers, unless they are competent German and French scholars. 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