Adler, Felix

Ph.D. (Heidelberg, 1873); b. at Alzey, Germany, Aug. 13, 1851; graduated at Columbia College, New-York City, 1870; and at Heidelberg University, 1873. From 1873 to 1876 he was non-resident profe or of Oriental languages and literature at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., and since 1876 has been lecturer of the Society for Ethical Culture, New-York City. His "stand-point is not to be cla ed as theological in a strict sense. His philosophical views are founded on those of Immanuel Kant. He regards ethics as the foundation, and religion as the superstructure. The unity of the world he regards as a nece ary idea of the reason, which, however, cannot gather personality about it. Its value consists on the one hand in its regulative application to conduct, on the other hand in its forming the basis for a moral conviction respecting the ultimate good tendencies of the universe." He has published Creed and Deeds (lectures), New York, 1878; and single lectures