APortionofaPaperreadtotheOxfordPhilosophicalSociety, November8, 1903, andreprinted, withsomeRevision, fromtheVersiongiveninMind, .(N.S.), No.51.
(SeealsoChapterI., Section6, andChapterX., Sections1and2.)
ItseemstomethatImaymostpropitiouslyattempttointerestyouthiseveningbydescribingverybrieflytheparticularmetaphysicalandphilosophicalsysteminwhichIdomythinking, andmoreparticularlybysettingoutforyourconsiderationoneortwopointsinwhichIseemtomyselftodiffermostwidelyfromcurrentacceptedphilosophy.
Youmustbepreparedforthingsthatwillstrikeyouascrude, foracertaindifferenceofaccentanddialectthatyoumaynotlike, ....Itisquiteunavoidablethat, insettingouttheseintellectualfoundationsofmine, Ishouldlapseforamomentorsotowardsautobiography.
