Chapter XXXIX: Hamilton――Ferrier――and Robertson

⭘ Hamilton’s Education and early Life――Appointed Professor of
Logic and Metaphysics――Preparation of his Lectures, his Edition
of Reid’s Works――He sustained a severe Paralytic Stroke, which
disabled his right side――His Death――His Writings

⭘ Exposition of his Philosophy――The Fundamental Principles
――Doctrines enunciated in his Introductory Lectures――Man an End
unto Himself――His peculiar View of the End of Speculation――The
Communication of Knowledge――The Nature, Causes, and Method of
Philosophy

⭘ Division and Classification of Mental Phenomena――His Distribution
of Mental Philosophy

⭘ Explication of Consciousness, and its Relation to the Cognitive
Faculties――His Theory of Attention――Law of Limitation――Are
we always consciously active?――Latent Mental Modifications
――Somnambulism

⭘ Exposition of Cognition, Classification of the Special Faculties
of Knowledge――Discussion of Doctrines of Perception――Statement
of his own Doctrine of Natural Realism

⭘ Explanation of Memory, Reproduction, and Imagination

⭘ The Elaborative Faculty, Comparison――Evolution of the Processes
of Apprehension, Judgment, Classification, Abstraction, and
Generalisation, from the original act of Consciousness

⭘ Primary Notions, Common Sense, or Fundamental Principles of
Intelligence, recognised by Hamilton

⭘ Classification and Treatment of the Feelings――His Theory of
Pleasure and Pain

⭘ His Philosophy of the Conditioned, its Aim――Explication of its
Principles and Applications

⭘ His Treatment of Logic――Efforts to simplify the Syllogistic
System――Doctrine of the Quantification of the Predicate

⭘ Summary――His Method and Style――Influence of Teaching and
Writings――Reference to Mill’s Examination

⭘ Ferrier’s Theory of Knowing and Being――Primary Law of Knowledge
――His Method and Style――Hegel

⭘ Robertson――His Education――Appointed Professor of Mental
Philosophy and Logic in University College, London――Editor of
_Mind_――His Writings

CHAPTER XL.

_Literature of Scotland in the Eighteenth
and Nineteenth Centuries._

SECTION I.

_Historical Literature of the Eighteenth Century._

⭘ Abercromby――Anderson――Campbell, his Historical Writings――Goodal,
“Casket Letters”――Innes on the Ancient Inhabitants of Scotland

⭘ Literary Revival――Style became an Object of Study――Clubs and
Societies

⭘ Hume’s History of Great Britain, its defects and merits――His
Style

⭘ Robertson’s Historical Works――Characteristics and Style of his
Writings

⭘ Historical Writings of Guthrie, Smollett, Tytler, and Stuart

⭘ Henry’s History of Great Britain――Lord Hailes’ Annals of
Scotland――Ferguson’s Historical Works――Russell’s History of
Modern Europe――Watson’s Historical Writings――Gillies’s History
of Ancient Greece

⭘ Chalmers’s Caledonia――Laing’s History of Scotland