1897-1898 Academic Catalog

Cedar ville College. Es ay are required and cla discussion is encouraged. Both ancient and modern sy terns of philosophy are investigated. The course is pursued by the recitation and lecture me t hod. The student is constantly urged to search present history and appeal to the data of moral consciousne s. G regory's Christian Ethics is the text in Moral cience and Fi her's Apologetics is the text in Evidences of Chri tianity and atural Theology. The subject of tudy in Apologetics are the Gen uineness and Authenticity of the Scriptures, The uperiority of Christian ity, The In piration of the Scripture , The ature of God and His Exi tence. !oral cience presents the follow ing themes: The Nature of the foral Agent, The Nature of Virtue, Freedom of \Yill, Con cience, Du tie to God and to Man . No education 1s complete without a knowledge of the topics just named. HISTORY AND MYTHOLOGY. The cour e in Hi tory compri es: English Hi tory, General History, Hi tory of Europe, History of Civilization and History of Philo ophy. English Hi tory i tudied from a political standpoint, the tudent being upposed to have studied its outline before. Topical and Reference works are freely u ed , ith ·Montgomery· a guide. General Hi tory extend through two term - f yers' being the text-book. The Philo ophy of au e and Effects in Hi tory i freely di cu ed m connection , ith the relation of the fact them elves. The Hi tory of Europe i mainly philo ophical, dealing with the gr at social n1ovements that have affected European affair. during the la t five c nturie . The Ili. tory of ivilization deal with th element of hu– man progr ss an<l the principle of national de elopment. It aim i to t •ach facL of hi tory in uch a, ay as to ben fit tho e , ho tudy it and lead th m to high id al an<l pra tic of iti- /. ·n hip. 'l he II istory of Philo.,ophy is th stud) of th dev lopment ot le t ding uni, ·r al thought. B ' indi ating the grov, th of