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18。Lecturexxv。ThisquestionastowhetherBrownhadorhadnotgrosslymisrepresentedReidandotherphilosophers，lettoanentangledargument，inwhichMilldefendedBrownagainstHamilton。IwillnotaskwhetherReidwasa’naturalrealist’
ora’cosmotheticidealist，’orwhatDescartesorArnauldthoughtaboutthequestion。
19。Reid’sWorks，p。128。
20。Lectures，pp。
150，158-59。
21。Dissertations，p。98。CompareBrown’sTwenty-fourthLecturewithTracy’sIdé；ologie，ch。vii，andtheaccountofthewayinwhichtheinfantlearnsfromresistancetoinferacause，andmakeofthecauseunê；trequin’estpasmoi。
Theresemblanceiscertainlyclose。BrownwasfamiliarwithFrenchliterature，andshowsitbymanyquotations，thoughhedoesnot，Ithink，refertoTracy。Brown，itmustbenoticed，didnothimselfpublishhislectures，andaprofessorisnotboundtogiveallhissourcesinpopularlectures。
Anexplanationwouldhavebeendueinatreatise。PicavetquotesRhé；toré；’sPhilosophiedeThomasBrown(abookwhichIhavenotseen)forthestatementthatBrown’slecturesoftenreadlikeatranslationofLaromiguiè；re，withwhomBrownwas’perhaps’acquainted。As，however，theLé；ç；ons，towhichreferenceisapparentlymade，didnotappeartill1815and1818，whenBrown’slectureswerealreadywritten，thisseemstobeimpossible。
Thecoincidence，whichtomeseemstobeexaggeratedbythestatement，isexplicablebyacommonrelationtopreviouswriters。
22。Lectures，p。166
(Lect。xxvi)。
23。Lectures，p。158
