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^9 On Spinoza's denial of the existence of final causes in nature, see Harry 

 Austryn Wolfson, The Philosophy of Spinoza, I, 422-440. 



80 V. & a, I, 366-368. 



81 V. & C, I, 230-231, 30 March, 1852. 



82 On this point, Taine entered into correspondence with Professor Adolphe 

 Garnier, defending himself against charges of scepticism and materialism and 

 making a bow to the Scotch Realism of Reid, which he knew to be Garnier's 

 interest {V. & C, I, 249-250, 260-264). 



83 V. & C, I, 264 ff. 



^'^ V. & C, I, 162-163, 25 November, 1851. 



85 V. & C, I, 172-173, II December, 1851. 



86 V. & C, I, 179-180, 22 December, 1851. 



87 V. & C, I, 179-180, Note 3. 



88 V. & C, I, 217. 



89 V. & C, I, 228. 



90 V. & C, I, 229. 



91 Hegel's Begriff, translated both as 'concept', and 'notion'. 



92 Op. cit., Chapter H, on 'Rapport de la pensee et de I'etre. — Theorie dc 

 concept', especially pp. 134-170. 



93 Ibid., pp. 183-184. 



94 V. «2f C, I, 217 (cf. our Chapter XI, Notes 6-10). 



95 Rosea, pp. 305-306 (quoting the History of English Literature). 



