[82] _The Truth of Religion_, p. 71.
[83] "Gesammelte Aufsaetze": _Die Bedeutung der kleiner Nationen_,
pp. 47-52.
[84] This truth is pointed out most forcibly by L.P. Jacks in his
_Alchemy of Thought_, chap. i.
[85] Eucken visited England for the first time during Whitsun-week
1911. He had been invited by the Committee of the British and
Foreign Unitarian Association to deliver in London the _Essex Hall
Lecture_ for the year. A large audience gathered together to see
and hear him, and he received a most cordial reception. He spoke in
German on _Religion and Life_, and the lecture has since appeared
in English. The Rev. Charles Hargrove, M.A., of Leeds (President of
the Association) presided over the meeting, and spoke of the great
importance of Eucken's growing influence. Interesting addresses
were also delivered by Dr J. Estlin Carpenter, Principal of
Manchester College, Oxford; and Dr P.T. Forsyth, Principal of
Hackney College. At the luncheon which followed, Professor
Westermarck, Dr R.F. Horton, and others spoke. The lecture was
repeated at Manchester College, Oxford, during the same week. On
Whitsunday Eucken preached in the evening at Unity Church,
Islington, London, N., at the invitation of the writer of this
volume.
In September 1912 Eucken sailed for the United States of America to
deliver a course of lectures at Harvard University covering a
period of six months.
In both countries he was greeted by a large number of his old
pupils, many of whom travelled long distances to see and hear him
once more.
[86] Eucken follows Kant in the fact that after the union of
subject and object has taken place a _new kind of objectivity_ has
to be taken into account. This result has to be admitted before
knowledge becomes possible at all. Eucken has not dealt in a
thorough manner with this problem, although several hints are given
concerning the importance of this transcendental aspect in Kant's
philosophy. The implications of such a _new_ kind of objectivity
avoid the danger of subjectivism, on the one hand, and of
empiricism on the other hand. Eucken's forthcoming _Theory of
Knowledge_ will deal with this important matter. In _Erkennen und
Leben_ certain aspects of the problem are touched.
[87] The volume was transl
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