fault committed that I have not committed myself..."--Goethe.

"One solitary philosopher may be great, virtuous, and happy in the midst
of poverty, but not a whole nation..."--Isaac Iselin.

1842.

January 30, Sunday evening.

I have for some time been pondering over a classification of knowledge.
My scheme is to divide all knowledge in the first place into two grand
divisions.

1. Objective--that for which a man is indebted to the external world;
and

2. Subjective--that which he has acquired or may acquire by inward
contemplation.

Subjective.
/
Metaphysics.
/
Metaphysics proper, Mathematics, Logic, Theology, Morality.

Objective.
/
Morality, History, Physiology, Physics.

Metaphysics comes immediately, of course, under the first (2) head--that