"Mr. Hughes has written a most admirable treatise, and his manner is as excellent as his matter. Though there are many points open to discussion in this volume, and in particular though Mr. Hughes does not (in our opinion) understand Kant, yet we commend the book without misgiving to all students of ethics as a treatise in the best manner of one of the best schools."-Manchester Guardian. "Mr. Hughes is to be congratulated on having produced an able and exhaustive treatise which will be read with keen interest by the comparatively small circle for whom it is intended. Whether they agree with all the views of the author or not, they must appreciate the patient industry, the ripe scholarship, the logical acumen, and the intellectual vigour by which, from beginning to end, his volume is characterised."-Manchester Examiner. "The theory here developed of natural morals is interesting and highly ingenious."-Guardian. VOL. II. "It will be difficult to persuade philosophers, perhaps, of the validity or of the value of the hard and fast distinction between natural and supernatural morals; . ... but those accepting Mr. Hughes's standpoint and terminology will find his work suggestive, and not unworthy of a place on their shelves beside Bishop Butler's celebrated 'Sermons.""-Manchester Guardian. "The importance of Mr. Hughes's book lies in the clearness with which it distinguishes 'supernatural' from 'natural' morals. Especially suggestive is the chapter on 'The New Commandment of Love.' Mr. Hughes writes extremely well, and his matter is as good as his manner."-Manchester Examiner. "He is always interesting and ingenious and independent in thought; but an excess of ingenuity, as we think it, in analysis and abstraction, leaves upon the mind a sense of unreality."-Guardian. VOLS. I. AND II. "It is impossible to read Mr. Hughes's massive volumes without a certain amount of sympathy and admiration. He has rendered a great service both to ethics and theology; the chief value is his contribution to religious thought."-Literary Churchman. "We have read both volumes with interest and profit, and they really form a satisfactory discussion of the whole subject. Throughout the book we feel that we are under the guidance of a scholar and a thinker, but in the part of the work which deals with Christian morals the author excels himself. Every chapter abounds with good things; and, in particular, we have read nothing on Christian ethics finer or more impressive than the chapter which sets forth 'The New Morality' and 'The New Commandment of Love.""-JAMES IVERACH in British Weekly. "This work presents points of considerable interest to those who concern themselves with the borderland between philosophy, particularly in its ethical aspects, and theology. If there be fundamental misconception as to the subject in its totality, Mr. Hughes must not be deprived of his due. The careful analysis of natural constraints,' the wise sincerity with which the superiority of the Christian revelation is urged, the acute treatment of sin, and the clear style in which the argument is presented throughout, are deserving of high commendation."-R. M. WENLEY in Critical Review. |