nh ft ~Z ry eu ay? ; ae ‘73%, : 
670 Retrofpel of German Literafire—Mufal Philefo 
of the Romans; on the philofophy of the 
Jews in the time of Jefus Chrift; on cab-° 
baliftical philofophy ; hiftory of the Alex~ 
andrino-Ecleétic philofophy. The author 
has in this volume more than in the pre- 
ceding, followed Tiedemann’s Spirit of S: e- 
culative Philofophy ; which, however, he 
has more clofely connected, and enriched 
by his own valuab!e obfervations on the 
origin and truth of the feveral philofophi- 
_cal fyftems and tenets. 
“¢ Beytrage zur Gefchichte der Philofo- 
phie, herausgegeben von G. G. FULLE- 
HORN.” Contributions towards a Hittory 
ef Philofophy. Wo. X. 1799, pp. 282. 
Wo. X1. and XII. Jena, 1799, pp. 290. 
Number XII. completes the whole feries 
of a colleétion of effays and diflertations, 
tending all to the illuftration of feveral 
very much controverted points, in the works 
of antient Greek philofophers, very gratify - 
ing to fuch readers as are fond of claffical 
earning and ingenuity in eh sea the 
opinions prevalent amoneft the antients. 
Profeflor FiiL LEHORN, of Breflaw, being 
_a pupil of that great Greek fcholar Mr. 
Wolf at Halle, and having become an inti- 
mate friend of the late Mr. Garve at Bref- 
faw, has conduéted the publication with 
great fkill, and contributed himfelf very 
much, efpecially towards the illuftration 
of Parmenides and the Elean {chool, and the 
old Greek phyfiognomifts, a complete hif- 
tory of which has been continued through 
many numbers, The laft number has 
been enriched with ufeful indexes. ‘This 
No. contains; 1. OceUus Lucanus on the 
Origin of the World, tranflated and illu 
trated by BarpiL1; 2. Ocell, Luc. on 
Laws, a Fragment preferved by Stobeus, 
tranflated by the fame; 3. Spirit of Ocel- 
lus by the fame. The tranflations are done 
with the greateft exaétnefs ; the luftra- 
tions are diftinguifhed particularly by 
critical fagacity in correéting corrupt paf- 
fages—in the third article the author 
endeavours to fhow the authenticity of the 
writings attributed to Ccellus ; but how 
ingenious foever his manner of reafoning 
‘amay be, he is far from convincing the 
reader familiar with antiquity, as he has 
negleéted, to refute the arguments uled 
againft the antiquity of Ocellus; 4. Hifto- 
rical Fragments Preparatory to a Hiftory 
of Politics, by the Editor, exhibits quite 
a new and jnterefting view of hifory 
in its relation to general politica] redults ; 
s. New Supplements to a Hiftory of 
Phyfiognomy, by the Editors 6, Several 
ideas on and relating to moral Philofopby, 
extraéted from modern waitings, among 
which a treatife of the late Mr. Garve on 
ee & 
phy, Metaphyfics, €o'te , 
a new diftribution of duties, as arifing 
either from the Ze moral paffive or the 
bcft moral ative fate, deferves particular. 
notice, though the gencral arrangement 
is liable to much obje&tion; 7. On 
fome prevailing fubjeéis of debate in 
antient and modern times, by the Editor ; 
8. On Anaxagoras of Clazomenz and the 
Spirit of his time. A hifiorical difqui- 
fition by Prof. Carus of Leipzig. This 
treatife, together with the fame author’s 
treatife on Hermotimus (No, g.) and _ his 
Comm. de Anaxagoree Cofmotheologiz 
Fontivus, Leipz. 1797, compofe the moft 
complete and folid difquifition on the phi- 
lofophy and age of Anaxagoras that has as 
yet appeared, and exhibit a pattern of 
critical inquiry, which has as yet fallen 
to the fhare of no other antient philofopher. 
In the following numbers, there is a very 
acute and elaborate difquifition on the 
atheifm of the famous Diagoras of Melos, 
and feveral tracis of Mr. Garve, written 
in Latin, ‘* De ratione feribendi hiftoriam 
plilofophiz”’ and ‘“ Precepta legendorum 
veterum philofophorum,”’ together witha 
whole feries of imall effays and propofals 
towards accomplithing the ftudy of antient 
philofophy. : 
‘¢ Propadeutik zu jedem wiitenfchafth- 
chen Studio, von J.$. Beck, erdéntlichem 
Prof. der Philof. zu Roftock,” Intreduc- 
tion to the fitudy of Science in general. 
Halle, Renger, 1799, pp. 535. 8vo. A very 
ufeful work for every one who witfhes tocul- 
tivate his underfianding, which, though it 
contains no new obfervations or difcoveries, 
will contribute very much to put philofo- 
phical fubjeéts in their true light by the 
method the author has followed. The 
title may leave, however, the deftination of 
this work ambiguous ; it fhould rather be 
called Theory of-the Intelleétual Facul- 
ties of Man, their Laws, and Nature. 
‘‘ Beweis vom Dafeyn Gottes aus Griin- 
den der Theoretifchen Vernunft, von Jou, 
MAckzeL.” Proof of the Exiftence of 
God, deduced from Theoretic Reafon. 
Wien, 1799, pp. 373, 8vo. Thenew proof, 
which the author pretends to have found 
out, ig nothing more than that which 
is commonly called the cofmologic proof, . 
in which, from the bare idea of exift- 
ence, a concluficn is drawn towards the 
neceflary exiftence of a Supreme Being; 
a proof, which has already long ago been 
refuted But in {pite of his fophiims and 
falfe reafonings, the author commands our 
eficem by his love for truth and his impar- 
tial proceeding. 
IMAN. KantT’s 
ten.” 
k «© Vermifchte Schyif- 
I. Kant’s Mifcetlaneous Writings. 
g Halle, 
