Excerpt from Modern Philosophy, Vol. 2 of 2: With Other Lectures and Essays Every teacher to whom is entrusted some special branch of University work must feel a deep sense of responsibility as regards the relation he holds both to his subject and to those whose studies in it he is to direct. It devolves upon him, by his own activity as a teacher and as a learner, to maintain as a vital influence in the microcosm of letters the branch of human culture entrusted to him. It is his privilege, a privilege not without its heavy burdens, to share in giving to others what Plato wisely calls "the first and fairest thing that the best of men can ever have," education of the soul. In the latter respect, in the relation in which he stands to his students, he who undertakes, I will not say to teach philosophy but to aid in drawing forth and stimulating the power of thinking philosophically, seems to me to have very special responsibilities. No other subject in the academical curriculum touches so many of the deepest interests of humanity, or touches them so intimately; no other subject is adapted to produce so fundamental a change in the culture of the individual mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.