: Retrofpel of German Literature—Philology. 
Halle, Renger, 1799, 1 vol. pp. cxxviii. 
and 676; 2 vol. pp. 700; 3 Vol. pp. 594. 
Thefe volumes contain the fmaller writ- 
ings of the celebrated philofopher from 
1747 to 1798 (among which, however, 
we miffed the treatife on Perpetual Peace). 
The firft vol. contains five, relating for 
the moft part. to natural philofophy and 
aftronomy ; the fecond tex ; and the third 
twenty. They are inftruétive, and re- 
markable not only for acutenefs ‘of re- 
fearch and many excellent obfervations, 
but likewife for their conftituting, as it 
were, a hiftory of the author’s gradual 
improvement, The editor, Prof, TIreF- 
+ RUNK of Halle, has prefixed to the whole 
a prefatory difcourfe, which contains in- 
terefting fketches for a Hiftory of the 
Mental Progrefs of the Auchor. 
‘‘ Verftand und Erfahrung: Eine Me- 
rakritik zur Kritik der reinen Vernwntt, 
von J. G. Herver.”  Underftanding 
and Experience :—A Metacritick on the 
Critick of Pure Reafon. Leipz. Hartknoch, 
1799, 1 vol. pp. 4793 2-Vol. pp. 402, 8vo. 
Mr. HEXDER is jutily reputed one of the 
firtt authors now living in Germany, He 
could not endure any jionger, as he tells 
us himfelf in the preface, the grofs errors 
and the mifguidings to which the ftrict 
followers of Kant’s philofophy have been 
liable; and being roufed to indignation 
by the proud domineering infolence of 
fore modern philofophers, he very ably 
difcuffes the ground-work of the whole 
Kantean philolophy, the Critfick of Pure 
Reafon, and fhows how many paralogi{ms 
and perplexities are to be met almoft in 
every page of that high-renowned philo- 
fopher. It is poffible that he is miftaken 
himfelf in feveral poimts, in which he 
puts an ill conftruétion on the words of 
his antagonift. But notwithftanding all 
thefe mifunderftandings, the work is en- 
titled to the higheft praife, boch for the 
refearches carried on in very acute and 
fubtle reafonings, and for the brilliancy 
of the ftyle, with which he enlivens the 
drynefs of the matter. It could not fail 
but fuch an inroad into the territory of 
the moft fafhionable philofuphy muft give 
the’ alarm to the followers of Kant, 
who have colleéted all their forces, and 
drawn up in battle-array, in order to 
baffle and impede the progrefs of their 
enemy. The moft valuable productions 
written againft it are: 
««Priifung der Herderfchen Metakritik, 
von J. G. C, Krisewerrer, Dott. u. 
Prof, der Philofopnie.”’ Examination of 
Herder’s Metacritick. Berlin, Quien. 2 
vols. pp. 280, $v0. 17995 Pp» 249, 1800. 
671 
Kiefewertter teaches the Kantean philofo- 
phy ar Berlin, and reads regularly leétures 
every year to fuch as fubfcribe tora courte. 
‘ Sinnlichkeit und Vernunft, oder ber 
die Principien des menfchlichen W éiffens. 
Eine Kritik tiber H. Herder’s Metakritik 
yon einem .Wahrheitsfreunde.” The 
Senfes and Underftanding, or On the 
Principles of Human Knowledge; by a 
Friend to Truth. 1800, pp. 359, 8vo, 
<¢ Ueber Herder’s Metakritik und deren 
Einfiihrmng ins Publicum durch den 
Hermes Plychopormpos, von ejnem Freun- 
de der Wahrheit,” 1799, pp- 1356, 8Vv0- 
On Herder’s Metacr. and its Introdu€tion 
to the Public by H. Pfych. — Untair repre- 
fentation of the principles of critical philo- 
fophy, arrogance in combating the opinions 
of his antagonift and enforcing his own, 
and a defultory manner of reafoning, are 
the principal reproaches made to the Me- 
tacritick. By Hermes Pfychopompos Mr. 
Wieland is to be underftood, who be- 
flowed a very high encomium on that 
mafterly performance of his friend Mr. 
Herder, in the German Mercury, the 
publication of which is conduéted by him 
and Mr. bottiger of Weimar. 
PHILOLOGY. 
‘© Xenophontis Scripta—edidit BEN]. 
Wetske, volumen III et JV. Lipha, 
Fritfch. 1799.”? The two firft volumes ap- 
peared the year before, and contained the 
Cyropedia. The two fubfequent ones 
comprife what is called the Anabafis, or 
the Expedition of the Younger Cyrus. 
The commentary is critical and explane- 
tory. The editor, Mr. Weifke, very well 
known by other publications in the philo- 
logical line, and e!fpecially by an excellent 
tranilation of the Memorabilia with a learn- 
ed commentary, has fhown great difcern-, 
ment and acutenefs in adopting fuch read- 
ings after Hutchinfon and Zeunius, as feem 
the moft proper for the genuinenels of the 
text. He has prefixed a prefatory dif- 
courfe ** De eftimanda Cyr Expeditione,” 
in which he has given many proofs of 
found criticifm and great erudition after 
all that Hutchinfon and Schneider have 
colleéted in treating the fame fubject. 
‘* De Xenophonte Hiftorico differit, fi- 
mulque Hiftorie feribend# Rationem, 
quam indeab Herodoto et Thucydide fe - 
cuti funt, illuftrare ftudet GEORG, F RID. 
CreuzER. Pars 1. Leipzig, Miiller 
1799. pp- Xvill, et 126, Syoyo athe 
learned author, who 1s already advantage- 
oufly known by aTreatife, written in Ger- 
man, on Herodotus and Vhucydides with 
refpeét to Lucian’s judgment of them 
(Leipz, 1798, pp, Vill, et 128, $vo.), 
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