LECTURES

ON

METAPHYSICS AND LOGIC

ON EARTH, THERE IS NOTHING GREAT BUT MAN;

IN MAN, THERE IS NOTHING GREAT BUT MIND.

ON

METAPHYSICS AND LOGIC

BY

SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, BART.,

PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS IN THE

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH;

Advocate, A.M. (Oxon.) &c.; Corresponding Member of the Institute of France; Honorary Member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and of the Latin Society of Jena, &c.

EDITED BY THE

REV. H. L. MANSEL, B.D., LL.D.,

WAYNELETE PROFESSOR OF MORAL AND METAPHYSICAL PHILOSOPHY, OXFORD;

AND

JOHN VEITCH, M. A.,

PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND RHETOKIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS,

EDINBURGH AND LONDON.

MDCCCLXV.
65

ON

METAPHYSICS

BY

SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, BART.

EDITED FY THE

REV. H. L. MANSEL, B.D., LL.D.,

WAYNFLETE PROFESSOR OF MOKAL AND METAPHYSICAL PHILOSOPHY, OXFORD;

AND

JOHN VEITCH, M.A.,

PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND RHETORIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

VOL. I.

THIRD EDITION, REVISED.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS,
EDINBURGH AND LONDON.

MDCCCLXV.

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