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27. Reply to the Pretended Christian Eusebius (Risposta al finto Eusebio cristiano). Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1841, 8vo, pp. 304, in Opuscoli Morali, 1843; and Batelli, Naples.

This is the work which gave so much pleasure to Pope Gregory XVI., who said that Rosmini, with blood in his veins, could hardly have refrained from writing it.

28. On the Principle, THE DOUBTFUL LAW DOES NOT BIND, and the Proper Application of it (Sul Principio, La Legge dubbia non obbliga e sulla retta Maniera di Applicarla. Lettere di Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, con una Risposta di Monsig. Scavini ed una Replica alla medesima). Casuccio, Casale, 1850, 8vo, pp. 107; Pirotta, Milan, 1851.

This volume contains letters to several persons, collected from various periodicals, e.g. the Florilegio Cattolico di Fede e Patria, and the Pragmatalogia Cattolica of Lucca, years 1847-48. They were called forth chiefly by attacks made upon Rosmini's Treatise on the Conscience (No. 23).

29. Philosophy of Right (Filosofia del Diritto). Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1842, sq.; Batelli, Naples; Bertolotti, Intra, 1865-66 (from the copy annotated by the author); 2 vols, 8vo, pp. 804, 1000.

CLASS IV.

EDUCATION AND METHODOLOGY.

30. The Necessity of Cultivating Human Reason (Necessità di coltivare l'umana Ragione). A dissertation written as early as 1813, and never published.

31. On the Supreme Principle of Method and some of its

Applications in the Service of Education (Del Supremo Principio della Metodica e di alcune sue Applicazioni in Servigio dell' Educazione). Società Editrice di Libri di Filosofia, Turin, 1857; 8vo, pp. 365.

For the contents of this work, which is posthumous and incomplete, see under § 244.

32. Essay on the Unity of Education (Saggio sull' Unità. dell' Educazione). Tofani, Florence, 1826. Reproduced in the Opuscoli Filosofici, Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1827-28.

33. On Freedom of Instruction (Sulla Libertà dell' Insegnamento). A series of fourteen articles published in the Armonia of Turin in 1854. Never finished.

34. On the Cause of the Errors into which Young Men so readily fall on leaving College, and the Way to prevent them (Sulla Cagione del facile Traviare de' Giovanetti usciti appena di Collegio e del Modo di ripararvi. Lettera a Don Paolo Orsi). In the Cattolico, Lugano, 1836. A second edition appeared in the Educatore Primario of Turin, 1846.

CLASS V.

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.

35. On the Summary Cause why Human Societies stand and fall (Della Sommaria Cagione per cui stanno e rovinano le umane Società). Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1837, 8vo, pp. 62; Batelli, Naples, 1842.

36. Society and its End (La Società e il suo Fine). Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1839, 8vo, pp. 392; Batelli, Naples,

1842.

37. Essay on Statistics (Sulla Statistica.

Quesiti).

Printed in the Strenna, Non ti Scordar di Me. Redaelli,

Milan, 1844.

38. On Communism and Socialism (Il Comunismo ed il Socialismo. Ragionamenti). Libreria Nazionale, Naples, 1849; Fernando, Genoa, 1849, 8vo.

39. On the Definition of Wealth (Sulla Definizione della Ricchezza). Printed in vol. ii. of the Opuscoli Filosofici, under the title Saggio di Economia Politica sulla Definizione della Ricchezza. Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1827-28.

40. On Public Amusements (Sui Divertimenti Pubblici).

These six essays are now printed in one volume, bearing the title of Filosofia della Politica. Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1858, 8vo, pp. 564.

41. Constitution in Accordance with Social Justice (Constituzione Secondo la Giustizia Sociale). Redaelli, Milan, 1848, 8vo, pp. 112. With an appendix, On the Election of Bishops, Ducci, Florence, 1848.

The appendix appeared, under the title Lettere Sopra le Elezioni Vescovili a Clero e Popolo, in the Florilegio Cattolico di Fede e Patria, Libreria Nazionale, Naples, 1849.

42. The Five Wounds of Holy Church (Le Cinque Piaghe della Santa Chiesa. Trattato dedicato al Clero Cattolico. Veladini, Lugano, 1847; Bastia, 1849; Genoa, 1849; Bartelli, Perugia, 1849; Batelli, Naples.

The above two works were in 1849 prohibited by the Congregation of the Index (see Sketch of Rosmini's Life, p. xxxix. sq.). In opposition to the latter Father Theiner wrote in German a scurrilous book, which was translated into Italian under the title, Lettere storico-critiche intorno alle Cinque Piaghe del chiarissimo Sacerdote D. Antonio Rosmini, scritte in Alemanno dal P. Agosto Theiner, Sac. dell' Oratorio e tradotte in Italiano dall' ab. D. Ferd. Mansi. Canavaccuoli, Naples,

1849, 8vo, pp. 201. Rosmini wrote a reply, which was printed, but, out of respect to the Congregation of the Index, never published. It bore the following title :

43. Reply to Father Theiner (Risposta al P. Theiner contro il suo Scritto, intitolato: Lettere storico-critiche, etc.). Casuccio, Casale, 1850.

44. Poetical Doctrines of Dante's "De Monarchia" (Doctrine Politiche della Monarchia di Dante). A juvenile work written in 1813 and never published.

45. Political Economy (Economia Politica). A large number of manuscripts never printed. The matter of part of them was worked into the Philosophy of Politics.

45. The Construction of Civil Society (Costruzione della Società Civile). An unfinished work, begun in 1827 and intended to be divided into four books. A part of one of these, written in 1848, exists in manuscript, bearing the title Tribunals (Tribunali).

47. The Principal Politico-religious Questions of the Day briefly answered (Le principali Questioni politicoreligiose della Giornata brevemente risolte). A series of articles published in the Armonia of Turin in 1853. Their titles were: I. The State's Independence of the Church (Independenza dello Stato dalla Chiesa); II. Separation of the State from the Church (Separazione dello Stato dalla Chiesa; III. Autonomy of the State (Autonomia dello Stato); IV. Harmony between State and Church (Armonia tra lo Stato e la Chiesa); V. Godless Law (La Legge Atea); VI. Civil Marriage (Matrimonio Civile); VII. Liberty of Conscience (La Libertà di Coscienza); VIII. Uniformity of the Laws (Uniformità delle Leggi); IX. Licence (La Licenza). The last was never printed, and the series remained unfinished.

CLASS VI.

PHILOSOPHY OF THE SUPERNATURAL.

48. Supernatural Anthropology (Antropologia Soprannaturale). Of this unpublished work, intended to be very extensive, only a few books were ever written. These bear the title of Moral Anthropology. The second part, entitled Theologica (Teologica), was meant to consist of six books, bearing the following titles:-I. The Confines of Philosophical and Theological Doctrine (written in 1832); II. Man as perfectly constituted; III. Man as sinful by Nature (1833); IV. The Sanctified Man (consisting of two parts, of which the first is entitled Sacraments in general; the second, Sacraments of the Law of Grace in particular); V. Man as Redeemer; VI. Woman, Mother of the Redeemer (containing a chapter entitled On the Evidence rendered by the Koran to the Virgin Mary).

49. Introduction to the Gospel according to St. John (Introduzione del Vangelo secondo Giovanni commentata. Libri III). Begun in 1839 and continued until 1849. Unione Tip.-Editrice, Turin, 1882, 8vo, pp. 310.

CLASS VII.

ECCLESIASTICAL PROSE.

50. Sermons (Discorsi Parrocchiali). Pirotta, Milan, 1837. These, with the exception of ten, had been previously printed at various times, e.g. the Discourse on Pulpit Eloquence (Discorso dell' Eloquenza Ecclesiastica), Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1832, Lugano, 1834; Sermon

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