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22。ItwouldbeinterestingtocomparethispartofMillwiththecorrespondingpartofHume’sTreatise。Hume,likeMill,beginsbyacceptingcausationasoneoftherelationsinvolved,andthenexplainsitasmerelyderivative。Histreatmentofrelationsgenerally,especiallythedivisionofrelationsintothetwoclasses,whichdoordonotdependuponthe’ideas’themselves,hasabearinguponMill’sdoctrinetoointricatetobeconsideredhere。[TreatiseofHumanNature,pt。vi。sec。1。]IdonotthinkthatMillwasveryfamiliarwithHume’swritings。AnotetotheconcludingchapteroftheExaminationofHamiltonseemstoimplythathewasnotacquaintedwiththeTreatise;nordoesheappearfromhisposthumousEssaystohavestudiedHume’swritingsupontheology。WhetherT。H。GreenwasrightinholdingthatHumehadamoredistinctviewthanhissuccessorofsomemetaphysicaldifficulties,Ineednotinquire。
23。Logic,p。70(bk。i,ch。v,section7)。
24。Ibid。p。434(bk。iv,ch。iii,section2n。)。
25。Logic,p。132(bk。ii。ch。v,section4)。
26。EspeciallytheearlyreviewofWhately。
27。ThissuggestsaparalleltotheoldEnglishsystemofpleading——asapreparatoryprocessforbringingouttheissuesreallyinvolvedinadispute——whichissaidtohavebeenthoroughlylogical,thoughitbecameexcessivelycumbrousandtechnical。
28。Logic,p。327(bk。v,ch。vi,section3)。SoinExaminationofHamilton,ch。xxii。,’Thesyllogismisnottheforminwhichwenecessarilyreason,butatestofreasoning。’
29。JamesMill’sAnalysis,ii。427。
30。Logic,p。131。(bk。ii,ch。iii,section5)。
31。Logic,p。72(bk。i,ch。vi,section2)。
32。Ibid。p。113(bk。ii,ch。ii,section5)。
33。Autobiography,p。181。ThepassagetowhichMillrefersisapparentlythatinStewart’sWorks,iii,24-36and113-52。
StewartquotesapassagefromDrBeddoes’ObservationsontheNatureofDemonstrativeEvidence(1793),whichanticipatesMill’sviewthatthe’mathematicalsciencesaresciencesofexperimentandobservation,foundedsolelyontheinductionofparticularfacts。’StewartprofessestofollowLocke(seeLocke’sEssay,bk。
iv,ch。xii,section15),andgivessomereferencestootherdiscussionsonthequestions。
34。Logic,p。94(bk。i,ch。viii,section5)。
35。Logic,p。125(bk。ii,ch。iii,section3)。
36。Logic,p。126(bk。ii,ch。iii,section4)。
37。Ibid。p。107(bk。ii,ch。i,section3)。
38。Whiston(Mem