Item 98 - Letter from J. P. Mahaffy to Henry Sidgwick

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Thanks him for his 'able and discriminating review' of his book on Kant. Thanks him for reading it. Announces that he is off to shoot partridge, and has 'no time to write new criticisms and emendations', but 'shall not fail to take them into full account as soon as possible.' Thinks that his notes to Kuno Fischer's Commentary on Kant's Critick of the Pure Reason [?] 'might have afforded at least a [presumption]' to Sidgwick that Mahaffy 'understood the analytic'. States that he has been prevented 'by illness, by other literary work and by salmon fishing from doing anything at it yet', but hopes to 'begin with next term'. Informs Sidgwick that he will be asking him his advice 'on some difficult points when the time comes.' Wishes that Sidgwick would explain 'how [one] can get a notion of fractions from time, and how you could teach a child arithmetic from time.' Refers to Kant and his love of symmetry. Apologises for 'this intrusion' and thanks him again.