i6o 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. 



