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Can Being be predicated univocally of God and Created Things? published by Pestalozza in his Elementi di Filosofia, Milan, 1845, 1849. All five were printed by Casuccio, Casale, 1850, 8vo, pp. 35.

8. On French Eclecticism (Sull' Eclettismo Francese, Lettera al Dottore Luigi Gentili, Turin, February 13th, 1837), printed in the Indicatore, Milan, 1837; Propagatore, Turin, 1837; Casuccio, Casale, 1850.

The above eight treatises are printed in one volume, under the title Introduzione alla Filosofia, Casuccio, Casale, 1850, 8vo, pp. 470.

CLASS I.

IDEOLOGY AND LOGIC.

9. New Essay on the Origin of Ideas (Nuovo Saggio sull' Origine delle Idee). First printed by Salvucci, Rome, 1830, 4 vols. 12mo; then by Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1836-37, and 1838, 3 vols. 8vo; Batelli,* Naples, 1842-43; Piomba, Turin, 1851; and finally, with an excellent index, by Bertolotti, Intra, 1875, 3 vols. 8vo, pp. lxiv., 429, 539, 485. The first volume was rendered into French by the Abbé C. M. André. Waille, Paris, 1844.

This work was begun in 1825 at Rovereto, continued at Milan in 1826, and finished at Domodossola in 1828. For analysis see under §§ 10, 15.

10. The Restoration of Philosophy in Italy (Il Rinnovamento della Filosofia in Italia, proposto dal Conte Terenzio Mamani della Rovere ed esaminato da Antonio Rosmini

It may be remarked that the Batelli edition of Rosmini's works, which consists of fourteen handsome volumes, was really pirated and printed without Rosmini's consent. It is, nevertheless, a very handy edition of the principal works.

Serbati). Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1836, 1841, 8vo, pp. 704; Batelli, Naples, 1843.

See above, p. xxxiv., and below, under § 10. This work, which may be regarded as a supplement to the New Essay, was written in a very few months. The Dialogue entitled Moschini was published separately.

II. Aristotle Explained and Examined (Aristotele Esposto ed Esaminato). Società Editrice di Libri di Filosofia, Turin, 1857, 8vo, pp. 676. This work is sadly disfigured by typographical errors.

Though on several occasions unjust to Aristotle, Rosmini has in this work furnished one of the best criticisms of the works and system of that philosopher. The preface to the work was published separately in the Poliantea Cattolica, Turin, 1855.

12. The Idea (L'Idea). Bertolotti, Intra, 1869, 8vo, pp. 268. This fragment is printed as the second half of the fourth volume of the Theosophy (see No. 15), to which it really does not belong.

13. Logic (Logica, Libri III.). Piomba, Turin, 1854; Bertolotti, Intra, 1868; 8vo, pp. lix., 663. The last edition. has a most valuable index by Dr. de Vit.

The first book of this work treats of Assent, and is almost entirely original; the second, of the Theory of Inference; and the third, of The Criterion of Truth and Certainty and of Probability.

CLASS II.

METAPHYSICAL SCIENCES.

14. Psychology (Psicologia). Miglio, Novara, 1846-48 (1850), 2 vols. 8vo, pp. 549, 796; Batelli, Naples.

This, perhaps the best of Rosmini's works, has for many years been out of print. It is divided into ten books, of which the first treats of

the essence of the human soul; the second, of certain properties of the human soul; the third, of the union of soul and body and their reciprocal influence; the fourth, of the simplicity of the human soul and questions therewith connected; the fifth, of the immortality of the human soul and the death of man; the sixth and seventh, of the activity of the human soul; the eighth and ninth, of the laws that govern the activity of the human soul; and the tenth, of the laws of animality. Besides, the first volume contains a preface to the whole of the metaphysical works and an appendix of 151 pages, On the Opinions of Philosophers in regard to the Nature of the Soul, an amplification and continuation of the first book of Aristotle's De Animâ.

15. Theosophy (Teosofia). 5 vols. 8vo. Vols. I.-III. Società Editrice di Libri di Filosofia, Turin, 1859, 1863, 1864, pp. xvi., 727; x., 551; 435. Vols. IV., V., Bertolotti, Intra, 1869, 1874, pp. 588, 636.

The plan of this posthumous work was several times recast in the mind of the author, and the parts that remain do not all belong to the same plan. The first volume contains three books-the first on The Ontological Problem; the second on the Categories, the supreme classification of beings; and the third on Being in its Unity. The second and third volumes treat of Being in its Trinity (L'Essere Trino). The fourth is made up of two distinct works, The Divine in Nature, dedicated to Alessandro Manzoni, and the treatise on The Idea, already named, No. 12. The fifth volume deals with The Real, that is, the most difficult problems of space, matter, and body and its movements, and may be considered as a fragment of Cosmology. Perhaps of all works written in modern times this is the most suggestive. The Divine in Nature and the treatise on The Real furnish many elements for a new Weltanschauung. An index to the first three volumes by Severino Frati has just appeared, Paravia, Turin, etc., 1881.

16. Historico-Critical Treatise on the Categories (Trattato Storico-Critico delle Categorie). A small work, of the nature of Trendelenburg's Geschichte der Kategorien lehre.

17. Dialectics (La Dialettica). Begun on 5th December, 1846, and finished 26th June, 1847: never revised or printed.

18. Theodicy (Teodicea, Libri III.). This work is made

up of parts written at different periods of the author's life. The second book, under the title of Saggio della Divina Provvidenza nel Governo dei Beni e dei Mali temporali, was first printed by Visai, Milan, 1826, then at Mendrisio in 1839; the first and second appeared together, under the same title, in the Opuscoli Filosofici, in 1827-28, and the three together, with the title Teodicea, were printed by Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1845, 8vo. There is an edition. printed by the Società Editrice di Libri di Filosofia, Turin, 1857. 2 vols. 16mo, pp. xv., 215, 415.

On the contents of this work, see below, under § 188.

19. Vincenzo Gioberti and Pantheism (Vincenzo Gioberti e il Panteismo: Lezioni Filosofiche). Printed as a reply to Gioberti's polemical work, Gli Errori Filosofici di Antonio Rosmini, in the Filo-Cattolico, Florence, 1845; Bonardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1846; Tramater, Naples, 1847; with additions, Giusti, Lucca, 1853.

CLASS III.

PHILOSOPHY OF MORALS AND RIGHT.

20. Principles of Moral Science (Principi delle Scienza Morale). Milan, 1831; Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1837; Batelli, Naples; Bertolotti, Intra, 1867; 8vo, pp. 127.

21. Comparative and Critical History of the Systems that treat of the Principle of Morals (Storia Comparativa e Critica de' Sistemi intorno al Principio della Morale). BoniardiPogliani, Milan, 1837; Batelli, Naples; Bertolotti, Intra, 1867; 8vo, pp. 360.

These two works are in the Intra edition included in one volume, which has an excellent preface of twenty pages.

22. Anthropology in aid of Moral Science (Antropologia in Servigio della Scienza Morale, Libri IV.). BoniardiPogliani, Milan, 1838; Batelli, Naples; Miglio, Novara, 1847; 8vo, pp. 568.

This work, in spite of its title, might, with perfect propriety, be placed under Class II., as preliminary to the Psychology. The first book treats of Man; the second, of Animality; the third, of Spirituality; and the fourth, of The Subject Man. It is one of the best of Rosmini's works.

23. Treatise on the Conscience (Trattato della Coscienza Morale). Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1839, 1844 (revised), 8vo, pp. 474; Batelli, Naples.

This work is quite as much theological as philosophical, and called out much criticism, especially from the Jesuits.

24. Exposition of the Catholic Doctrine with reference to Original Sin (Esposizione della Dottrina Cattolica intorno al Peccato Originale). Printed in the Opuscoli Morali, Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1841.

25. The Notions of Sin and Fault Elucidated (Le Nozioni di Peccato e di Colpa Illustrate). BoniardiPogliani, Milan, 1842 and 1843. Two parts. Part I., 8vo, pp. 80; Part II., 8vo, pp. 94.

Most of the copies of the second part of this work were withdrawn from circulation by the author himself; but it has just been republished. Only the first appears in the Opuscoli Morali, Milan, 1842.

26. On the Definition of the Moral Law and on the Theory of Ideal Being (Sulla Definizione della Legge Morale e sulla Teoria dell' Essere Ideale. Risposta alle Osservazioni del R. P. Gius. L. Dmowski della C. d. G.). Bellotti, Arezzo, 1841; Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1842, 8vo, pp. 51; Batelli, Naples.

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