ABSTRACT
Our journey through Taine's philosophy of criticism starting with formulation of his central problem of the relation between science and judgment, passing through the philosophical foundations of his system and the chief categories of analysis he employed, and ending with a critical discussion of his proposed solution - is finished. Unfortunately, discussions of Taine have too often been characterized by their heat rather than by their light; he has frequently been the subject of virulent attacks and ardent defences. It is necessary, indeed, to begin with a full realization of Taine's limitations, since only from such a realization may we perhaps be able to avoid them, and their ill effects, in the future. Taine's Positivism and Romanticism make him a complete child of the nineteenth century; but, since he was also constantly striving to balance his Romanticism and a Classical heritage, he incorporated many elements of the Aristotelian tradition.
