Every attempt has been made to replicate the original as printed. Some typographical errors have been corrected;a list follows the text. Author’s Preface (etext transcriber's note) |
THE ORIGIN
OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF
RIGHT AND WRONG
THE ORIGIN
OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF
RIGHT AND WRONG
BY FRANZ BRENTANO
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
BY CECIL HAGUE
FORMERLY LECTOR AT
PRAGUE UNIVERSITY
With a Biographical Note
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THE present translation owes its origin to a desire on the part of thetranslator of bringing to the wider notice of his fellow-countrymen awork which has proved beneficial and stimulating to himself. Writtenduring short intervals of leisure while studying with Professor AntonMarty of Prague University, it has had the advantage of his careful andconstant supervision. Without his aid it would scarcely have seen thelight. The translator has especially to thank Professor S. A. Alexander,of Owens College, Manchester, for his valuable help in the generalrevision and the translation of several difficult passages. It is now,alas, too late to do more than record the translator’s debt to the lateProfessor Adamson, of Glasgow University, whose revision and correctionof this essay was one of the last services rendered to the cause oftruth by a life-long disciple.
West Dulwich, 1902.
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
THIS lecture, which I now bring before the notice of a larger public,was delivered by me before the Vienna Law Society on January 23, 1889.It then bore the title: “Of the Natural Sanction for Law and Morality.”This title I have changed in order to bring its general purport moreclearly into prominence; otherwise I have made scarcely any furtheralteration. Numerous notes have been added, and an already publishedessay: “Miklosich on Subjectless Propositions” appended. In what way itbears upon inquiries apparently so remote will be evident in the sequel.
The occasion of the lecture was an invitation extended to me by BaronVon Hye, President of the Society. It was his wish that what had beensaid here a few years ago by Ihering, as jurist, in his address, Überdie Entstehung des Rechtsgefühls, might in the same Society beillustrated by me from the philosophic point of view. It would be amistake to assume from the incidental nature of the circumstances towhich it owed its first appearance that the Essay was only a fugitive,occasional study. It embraces the fruits of many years’ reflection. Thediscussions it contains form the ripest product of all that I havehitherto published.
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