Abstract

Except for an occasional lapse into the language of transcendentalism Professor Kroner contributes a fascinating and very readable collection of essays upon the problem of the meaning and the relation between speculation and revelation, or to use the title of the book, Between Faith and Thought Professor Kroner sacrifices a systematic development of the problem in favor of what he terms the ‘essayistic form’ of approach. The choice lends itself to a more stimulating and simpler analysis of the problem but the persuasiveness of this method depends upon the quality of each essay. Some of the essays are both persuasive and convincing, others in varying degrees fall short of this mark.