that had neyer been present in other nature -philosophers. 

 If he did not attain explicitness in everything, it was 

 because of Schelling's weakness.41 (A6) Pavlov's brilliant 

 lectures had attracted listeners from every direction, and 

 their construction and content kept his audience enthusiastic. 

 (47) 



Critically stating the basic principles of German Natur- 

 philosophic and the theory of knowledge, Pavlov concluded 

 that speculative intuition by itself is entirely insufficient, 

 and that for the study of the phenomena of nature it is 

 necessary also to apply empirical investigation. The evolution 

 of Pavlov's opinions could be traced by his articles in the 

 manual MNEMOSIN, by V(ladimir) F(edorovich) Odoevskii and 

 V. K. Kukhel'beker, and in an issue of the journal ATENEI. 

 The articles in MNEMOSIN 42 reflect Pavlov's earlier period 

 of philosophical development, when he had accepted, almost 

 without reservation, Schelling's and Oken's principles of 

 Naturphilosophie. The effort to discover the main reason 

 for the countless phenomena in the harmony of nature, and to 

 establish their general theory, Pavlov said, starts from two 

 contradictory points — the experimental and the speculative. 

 Nature is investigated by two methods: by the analytical- 

 empirical method and by synthetic speculation; which method 

 is more perfect? CPP« 8-9). Pavlov answers his question 

 in the following manner. Because the truth is indivisible, 

 all essential sciences must be based on a single unified 

 theory. However, empirical sciences such as mineralogy, 

 pharmacology and therapy have not just one, but many theories. 

 "On what, then, does imperfection of the empirical sciences 

 depend? Are their representatives deceived concerning the 

 importance of experiment?" (p. 12). Many theories are based 

 on the fact that material existence is accidental, imaginary, 

 and actually exists only ideally. The experiment — analytical 

 or empirical investigation—can perceive that which is only 



41. A(leksandr) Kvanovich) Hertzen, MY PAST AND THOUGHTS 



CByloe i dumy) , 1946, p. 215. 



42. "On Methods for the Investigation of Nature," MNEMOSIN, 

 4 C1825) , pp. 1 - 34. The article is signed with two 

 Greek letters. 



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