OF

DUGALD STEWART, ESQ., F.R.SS.,

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT ST. PETERSBURG;

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMIES OF BERLIN AND OF NAPLES; OF THE

AMERICAN SOCIETIES OF PHILADELPHIA AND OF BOSTON;

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF
CAMBRIDGE; PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

EDITED BY

SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, BART.,

ADVOCATE; A.M. (OXON.), ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE LATIN SOCIETY OF JENA, ETC.; PROFESSOR OF
LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

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