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BIBLIOGRAPHY.

THE following Bibliography is divided into two parts, the first comprehending Rosmini's own writings, the second, works bearing on Rosmini's life and philosophy. The former is, I believe, tolerably complete, although I have not been able to give the dates of all the editions of the various works. The latter, although I have spared no labour on it, is, I fear, far from complete. I ought, moreover, to state that I have omitted from it many essays and criticisms of whose existence I was well aware. I could not bring myself to search through the Civiltà Cattolica and other Catholic journals for articles whose aim is not truth or clear statement, but calumny, in the interest of religious dogmatism and party power.

Many of the books, whose titles I have given in whole or in part, I have not seen. Of those which I have been able to read or examine I have given full particulars, number of pages, etc. I shall be particularly grateful to any one who will in any way aid me in making this first attempt at a Rosminian bibliography more complete.

As there is much probability that Rosmini's works will one day appear in English, I have translated their titles, leaving those of the rest in the original Italian.

A. WORKS BY ANTONIO ROSMINI-SERBATI.

INTRODUCTORY.

1. On the Purposes of the Author (Degli Studi dell Autore. Discorso a' suoi Amici e a tutti quelli che gli sono benevoli e indulgenti). Casuccio, Casale, 1850, 8vo, Pp. 226.

2. The Characteristics of Philosophy (I Caratteri della Filosofia). Originally published as prefaces to the two volumes of Opuscoli Filosofici, Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1827-28; afterwards by Casuccio, Casale, 1850; 8vo, pp. 26.

3. Philosophical System (Sistema Filosofico). Originally written for Cesare Cantù's Storia Universale, and inserted in the volume, Documenti sui Sistemi moderni, Piomba Turin, 1845; reproduced by Fumi, Montepulciano, 1846, and by Casuccio, Casale, 1850, 8vo, pp. 84. There is an edition, with an introduction and marginal notes by Professor C. P. Paganini, printed by Benedini-Guidotti, Lucca, 1853, 8vo, pp. x., 156. This work was translated into German with the rest of Cantù's Storia Universale, and also by Biberbach, G. G. Manz, Regensburg, 1879. This is also the work translated in the present volume.

4. On the Essence of Cognition (Sull' Essenza del Conoscere: Lettera a Benedetto Monti). Published in the Pragmatologia Cattolica, Lucca, 1847; Casuccio, Casale, 1850; 8vo, pp. 13.

5. How to conduct Philosophical Studies (Come si possano condurre gli Studi della Filosofia). First printed in

the Abbé Fontana's Manuale di Educazione Umana, Milan, 1834; reproduced at Città di Castello, 1845; Casuccio, Casale, 1850; 8vo, pp. 15.

6. On the Classification of Philosophical Systems and the Dispositions necessary for arriving at Truth (Sulla Classificazione de' Sistemi Filosofici e sulle Disposizioni necessarie a ritrovare il Vero). This consists of four letters-the first (Rovereto, October 1st, 1825) to Luigi Bonelli, first printed in the Opuscoli Filosofici, vol. ii., Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1828; the second (Stresa, August 12th, 1845) to Alessandro Pestalozza, first printed in that writer's Elementi di Filosofia, Milan, 1850; and the third (Turin, December 26th, 1836) and fourth (Turin, February 6th, 1837) to Baldassarre Poli, first printed in the Progresso, No. 33, Naples, 1837, then in the Raccoglitore, Milan, 1837. All four reproduced by Casuccio, Casale, 1850, 8vo, pp. 26.

7. On the Language of Philosophy and some Objections made to the Philosophy of the Author (Sulla Lingua Filosofica e di alcune Obbiezioni fatte alla Filosofia dell' Autore). This consists of five letters-the first (Trent, December 5th, 1831) to Pietro Orsi, on The Language of Philosophy and some Objections proposed by a German Journal, first printed in the Messagier Tirolese, December, 1831, then in the Prose Ecclesiastiche, Lugano, 1834; the second, a fragment without date or address, on The Primitive Judgment; the third (Stresa, January 14th, 1842). to Don Paolo Barone, on The Diverse Forms of Being, first printed in Barone's pamphlet Sulle Dottrine Filosofiche di Vincenzo Gioberti, Turin, 1843; the fourth (Stresa, April 23rd, 1842) to Carlo F. Sola, on The Way to avoid Pantheism, first published in the Messagier Torinese, No. 43, 1842; and the fifth (Stresa, March 16th, 1846) to Alessandro Pestalozza, on the question,

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. Ixiv., 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.

11. 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

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