160 MR. BUCKLE'S FALLACIES. [ix. 



The laws expressing the relations of men to one 

 another are the most recondite of all, and the most 

 liable to apparent exceptions. We are accordingly 

 longer in ascertaining them. 



To sum up : we have seen that the distinction made 

 by Mr. Buckle between " intellectual " and "moral" 

 truths, is a vague and popular one, and will not bear 

 a critical analysis. We have throughout, however, 

 used the expression " moral truths " as equivalent to 

 " truths relating to moral subjects," and the expression 

 "intellectual truths" as equivalent to "truths relating 

 to all other subjects : " and this is admissible, because 

 it gives the meaning intended by the author. We 

 have then shown : first, that intellectual truths are as 

 fixed and unchangeable as moral truths ; secondly 

 that the interpretation put upon moral truths is even 

 less constant than that put upon intellectual truths ; 

 thirdly, that moral truths receive additions, no less 

 than intellectual truths ; fourthly, that the fact that 

 moral truths receive fewer additions than intellectual 

 truths is of no logical value, because it compares one 

 class of truths with several ; and fifthly, that the cir- 

 cumstance that moral science advances with a slower 

 pace than the other sciences shows only that it is 

 more complex than they are, but does not warrant us 

 in assuming that it is radically different from them. 



