Excerpt from Seven Theistic Philosophers: An Historico-Critical Study It isan egregious mistake to suppose, as is Often done, that this group of philosophers were mere critics Of Hegel; their critical assaults were, it is true, in conjunction with other causes, instru mental in overthrowing the sway of Hegelianism in Germany; but their most significant work was not the attempt to get away from Hegel's abstract idealism but - to win the true idealism, and to formulate Theism as a thoroughgoing philosophical system or world-view. For they had no idea of treating Theism as the paltry magnitude it has Often become in the hands of philosophical and theological thinkers of our time. And, for my own part, I should not have thought it worth while now to treat of them because of their assaults on Hegel, since enough has been done in that direction for all time, one might almost say; and besides, the years have brought me a heightened sense of admiration of Hegel's philosophical power and ability, albeit I stand no nearer an acceptance of his system. 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.