Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation.
London, Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1862
An attractive two-volume set of J.S. Mill's (1807-1873) A System of Logic, his greatest work of pure philosophy.
A labour of twelve years, in which Mill attempted to find a coherent method of scientific inquiry that could explain the operation of 'moral and social phenomena' (Preface) in the real world. As a result the book courted great controversy from its first publication in 1843, receiving criticism from defenders of more traditional systems of ethics rooted in metaphysics and theology.
This fifth edition of 1862 includes an additional chapter on Buckle's History of Civilization in England, which expounded more fully Mill's thesis that history was the product of the dialectical interplay between psycho-social conditions and men's 'own peculiar characters' (ODNB).
Fifth edition; 2 vols; 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); armorial bookplates to front pastedown of each vol., light foxing to endpapers; contemporary vellum, covers with gilt centrepiece armorial of the Hulme Bequest ('munificentia hulmiana'), gilt spine with contrasting green and red morocco lettering-pieces, edges stained red; xvi, 536; xii, 550pp. A very good set
A labour of twelve years, in which Mill attempted to find a coherent method of scientific inquiry that could explain the operation of 'moral and social phenomena' (Preface) in the real world. As a result the book courted great controversy from its first publication in 1843, receiving criticism from defenders of more traditional systems of ethics rooted in metaphysics and theology.
This fifth edition of 1862 includes an additional chapter on Buckle's History of Civilization in England, which expounded more fully Mill's thesis that history was the product of the dialectical interplay between psycho-social conditions and men's 'own peculiar characters' (ODNB).
Fifth edition; 2 vols; 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); armorial bookplates to front pastedown of each vol., light foxing to endpapers; contemporary vellum, covers with gilt centrepiece armorial of the Hulme Bequest ('munificentia hulmiana'), gilt spine with contrasting green and red morocco lettering-pieces, edges stained red; xvi, 536; xii, 550pp. A very good set
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