Remarks on Books on the Natural Sciences and Philosophy in the Sorbonne Library


Written first half of 1909 · pages 57–59 · First published 1933 in Lenin Miscellany XXV · Translated by Clemence Dutt

Remarks on Books on the Natural Sciences and Philosophy in the Sorbonne Library were written on separate sheets during the first half of 1909.

Note that this document has undergone special formating to ensure that Lenin’s sidenotes fit on the page, marking as best as possible where they were located in the original manuscript.

Sorbonne. New books: C. 819(7) [1]

Richard Lucas, Bibliographie der radioaktiven Stoffe,
Hamburg und Leipzig, 1908, 8°.

(A. 47. 191). [2]

Mach, Grundriss der Physik (bearbeitet von Harbordt
und Fischer), Leipzig, 1905-8, 2 Volumes, 8°.

(A. 46. 979). [3] S. F. j. 587. [4]

Max Planck, Das Prinzip der Erhaltung der Energie,
Leipzig, 1908 (2 Auflage) 12°.

(A. 47. 232). [5] S. j. j. 63. [6]

Eduard Riecke, Handbuch der Physik, 4 Auflage, Leip-
zig, 1908, 2 Volumes, 8°.

(A. 47. 338). [7] S. F. j. 301a. [8]

Fénelon Salignac, Questions de Physique générale et d’Ast-
ronomie, Toulouse, 1908, 4°.

(D. 55. 745). [9] C. 818 (2). [10]

J. J. Thomson, Die Korpuskulartheorie der Materie,
Braunschweig, 1908, 8°.

S. D. e. 101 (25). [11]


In the Sorbonne library:

  1. Vierteiljahrsschrift für wissenschaftliche Philosophie,
     p. 5 3 (8°) (A. 16. 404). [12]
  2. Archiv für Philosophie, 2te Abteilung, p. 48. (A. 17.
    027). [13]

Vierteiljahrsschrift für wissenschaftliche Philosophie, 1909,
Heft I. Raoul Richter’s review (sympathetic, indeed laud-
atory) of:

Ludwig Stein, Philosophische Strömungen der Gegenwart,
Stuttgart, 1908 (Enke) XVI+452 Seiten. (12 Mark.)

Seiten 1-293—philosophical trends—

294-445—philosophical problems
Ten trends in philosophy [14] :
1) neo-idealism (voluntarist metaphysics)
2) neo-positivism (pragmatism) of W. James
3) “new movement in natural philosophy” (Ostwald
and the “triumph” of energetics over materialism)
4) “neo-romanticism” (H. St. Chamberlain, etc.)
5) neo-vitalism
6) evolutionism (Spencer)
7) individualism (Nietzsche)
8) geisteswissenschaftliche Bewegung [15] (Dilthey)
9) philosophiegeschichtliche [16]
10) neo-realism (Eduard von Hartmann!!!).

New books:

Max Schinz, Die Wahrheit der Religion nach den neues-
ten Vertretern der Religionsphilosophie, Zürich, 1908, 8°.
(307 pages. 6. 50 Mark.)

Kr. Guenther, Vom Urtier zum Menschen, (Ein Bilder-
atlas.) Stuttgart, 1909. (7-19 pfennig >< 1 Mark.)

 

A. Pelazza, R. Avenarius e l’empiriocriticismo, 1908?
9? Torino (Bocca). 130 Seiten.

Spaventa, La filosofia italiana nelle sue relazioni con
la filosofia europea, 1908? 9? Bari (Laterza).

 

New books (1909):

L. Boltzmann, Wiener wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen,
Leipzig, (Barth).

H. Strache, Die Einheit der Materie, des Weltäthers und
der Naturkräfte, Wien (Deuticke).

 

P. 48.

Archiv für Philosophie, 2 Abteilung=Archiv für sys-
tematische Philosophie, 1908, Heft 4. Vitalis Nor-
ström’s second article(Seiten 447-496) ((interesting;
almost all of it about Mach)).

 

Where is the first??
Note—is it late??

 

Notes

[1] Letters and numbers denote press-marks.—Ed.

[2] Letters and numbers denote press-marks.—Ed.

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[11] Letters and numbers denote press-marks.—Ed.

[12] Letters and numbers denote press-marks.—Ed.

[13] Letters and numbers denote press-marks.—Ed.

[14] Ten Trends in Philosophy—a list of ten chapters in the first part of the book Modern Philosophical Trends by L. Stein.

[15] humanities movement—Ed.

[16] philosophical-historical—Ed.