MILL, John Stuart.

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive.

London: Parker, Son and Bourn, West Strand, 1862. FIFTH EDITION Volume 1: TP + [iii]-xvi + [1]-536 + [1]-4 = Publisher's Advertisements; Volume 2: TP + [iii]-xii + half-title + [3]-550 +1 leaf = By the Same Author, Octavo. .This is the fifth edition of Mill's brilliant first book wherein he makes his "first major installment of his comprehensive restatement of an empiricist and utilitarian position." (EP, Vol. 5, p. 315) The book "had a rapid success, beyond the expectations of its author, and was for many years the standard authority with all who took his side in the main philosophical questions. Mill, in fact, was recognized as the great leader of the empirical school... few men have had a more marked influence upon the rising intellect of the time." (DNB) No accurate and comprehensive summary of the book's salient and important points is really possible in so small a space as offered here. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy gives two and a half full pages of exposition to the work and then devotes another nine pages to an article entitled: "Mill's Methods of Induction". In short, despite over two thousand years of philosophical consideration of logic based on deduction, Mill abandons deduction and attempts and accomplishes an analysis and proof for logic based on the principles of induction working soley from the human experiences of sensation. This book is an incredible tour de force by one of the leading intellects of the English people. This fifth edition contains many corrections and additions that Mill made to the book. Original dark teal boards with almost perfectly preserved paper spine labels (some chipping - especially to volume one - but no loss to text). One signature slightly sprung but overall a really lovely set. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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