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81。HamiltonstrangelydeclaresthatKantmakesthespeculativereasonan’organofmeredelusion’(Discussions，p。18，Lectures，i。402)，andManselsaysthatifweacceptKant’sdoctrinewemustbelieve’inaspecialfacultyoflies，createdfortheexpresspurposeofdeceivingthosewhobelieveinit。’ForKant’sstatementthatthereasoncannotbeitselfuntrustworthy，seeAppendixtoTranscendentalDialectic(sectionon’theultimateendofthenaturaldialecticofhumanreason，’andforthecomparisonsabovequotedthesameAppendix(sectionof’theregulativeemploymentofthe’ideasofpurereason’)andtheIntroductiontotheTranscendentalDialectic。Bolton(InquisitioPhilosophica，ch。iv)quotesmanypassagesfromKanttoillustratethispoint，whichseemstoconfirmStirling’sopinionofthesuperficialityofHamilton’sknowledgeofhisauthor。

82。Discussions，p。33。

83。Discussions，p。17。

84。Ibid。p。20。

85。Ibid。p。32。

86。Examination，p。103。

87。’Anultimateendofthenaturaldialectic，’etc。

88。Discussions，p。14。

89。ImaysaythatalthoughIaman’Agnostic’IcannotacceptMrSpencer’sversionofHamilton’sdoctrine。ButImustnotattemptheretoestimatethevalueofMrSpencer’stheory。

90。Reid’sWorks，p。743n。

91。Lectures，ii。376-413；Discussions，pp。604-28。

92。LetterstoCalderwoodinLectures，ii。530-35。

93。OnespecimenofHamilton’smethodmaybegivenforthosewhocareforsuchthings。IntheessayonCousinheopposes’theInfinite’asthe’unconditionallyunlimited’tothe’Absolute’asthe’unconditionallylimited’。Inbothcaseswehavesimplenegationsofthought，andthereforereachtheinconceivable。IfI

sayathingandthenunsayit，Igetsimplezero。Thatisobvious。If，again，theabsoluteassertsthesamelimitwhichisdeniedbythe’infinite，’theyareofcoursecontradictory。And，inthiscase，wegettheoldantinomy，whichheaccordinglyintroducesinthenextsentenceabouttheimpos