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568 PHILOSOPHICAL PEBIODICALS. " orthodox," and the position of Littre is discussed. Following Antoine, the author of this paper designates him as a successor greater than his master. Littre, though eclectic, was a more powerful thinker than Laffitte, the head of the orthodox branch of the school. It is interesting to learn that Comte has followers in Brazil and Chili, though perhaps some of the political events claimed as instances of the Positivist spirit in England, such, for instance, as protests against Mr. Gladstone's " Coercion Bill " of 1881, may be assigned to other causes. It is note- worthy that all such examples are of the nature of protests, which tends to show a want of constructive power.] R. Bianchi. ' II Naturalismo e la Filosofia di Diderot.' [An appreciative account of Diderot's work as a thinker, in which an interesting passage is quoted from Pensees sur f Interpretation de la Nature (Liv. XII.), anticipatory of modern evolution. In connexion with Diderot's share in the Encyclopedia he contributed no less than 990 articles the dates of most of the earlier works of the kind are mentioned.] A. Bartolomei. ' I Principi Fondamentali dell' Etica di Roberto Ardigo.' [This instalment discusses Ardigd's inconsistency in mentioning human autonomy when at the same time he holds man is determined by the social ideal. The former view is described as an " anthropocentric prejudice " leading to an atomic theory of society. In so far as Ardig6 has been influenced by Spencer, it is contended that the norm of right conduct should not be derived from Biology, but rather from Sociology (to be continued).] Bibliografia. Bollentino, etc. IX. NOTES. HEGEL'S EARLY STUDIES A CORRECTION. In the January number of MIND (No. 29) p. 12, note 1, I quoted from Rosenkranz's Life of Hegel a definition of logic, written down by him in a note-book while he was a schoolboy at the Gymnasium : " ein Inbegriff der Regeln des Denkens, abstrahirt aus der Geschichte der MenscMieit ". This looks like a curious suggestion for his later attempt to find the logical categories writ large in the process of historical development. But it has been pointed out to me by Mr. J. B. Baillie, that Rosenkranz has probably misread or misprinted the extract, and that it ought to run : " ein Inbegriff der Regeln des Denkens " abstrahirt aus der " Geschichte drr Menschheit ". A book called the Geschichte der Menschheit by Meiners was one of those Hegel was reading at the time (Rosenkranz, p. 14). It may seem odd that the boy should have thought it worth while to give the source of so commonplace a definition, but it is characteristic of Hegel's plodding conscientiousness : and it is certainly worth noting that the future philosopher should have come upon his first conception of Logic in a book on History. So, though I must give up a striking quotation, I retain a piece of evidence for the general thesis that Hegel approached logic through the study of history, and not vice versa. D. G. RITCHIE. AMERICAN AGENT FOR MIND. Mr. G. E. Stechert, 9 East Sixteenth Street, New York, has been appointed sole Agent for MIND in the States. All subscriptions for the States should be sent direct to the American Agent.