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So far as I am aware, Schwegler is the only writer whose opinion still stands as it was at first expressed; but for some years before his death, which occurred in 1857, he had left the theological field.
The divine Substance works freely according to the inner essence of its own nature; individuals, however, are not free, but are subject to the influence of those things with which they come into contact. It follows from these metaphysical grounds," Schwegler continues, "that what is called free-will cannot be admitted.
This is not very salutary allegorizing, but it is soon over, and the poem closed, leaving a pleasant perfume in the reader's mind of chivalry, errantry and the delicious days before the invention of civilization. Handbook of the History of Philosophy. By Dr. Albert Schwegler. Translated arid annotated by James Hutchison Stirling, LL.D. New York: Putnam.
On account of these valuable notes, and also for the alterations made by Schwegler himself, we feel that we must invite American scholars possessing the Seelye translation to replace it or accompany it by this present version, which is a cheap and compassable volume. Joseph Noirel's Revenge. By Victor Cherbuliez. Translated from the French by Wm. F. West, A.M. New York: Holt & Williams.
It is not so: abstractions stated with scientific precision in their elliptic slang or technicality are not and cannot be made easy reading: the strong hands of condensation which Schwegler pressed down upon the material he controlled so perfectly have not left it lighter or more digestible.
Cocker: Christianity and Greek Philosophy, pp. 377, ff. Zeller: Philosophie der Griechen, II, i, s. 926. Plato "never raised the question of the personality of God." Metaphysics, V, 1. Ibid.: x, 7. Metaphysics, xi, 6. E.g., Schwegler: History of Philosophy; Cocker; ut supra, p. 412, ff. xi, 6. xi, 7.
And it is a curious illustration of the different eyes with which different men read, that some students of Plato are confident he answers the question in the affirmative, while others are equally sure that he gives it an unqualified negative. "Plato," says Schwegler, "holds fast to the opinion that virtue is science, and therefore to be imparted by instruction."
Metaphysica Schwegler, 1848, W Christ, 1899 Organon Waitz, 1844 6 Politica Susemihl, 1872, with German, 1878, 3rd edition, 1882, Susemihl and Hicks, 1894, etc, O Immisch, 1909 Physica C Prantl, 1879
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