By Intuitive Perception we behold Realities. The Philosophy which maintains and unfolds this, has been called "Natural Realism."
But it is evident that the way, in which it has been hitherto presented, is characterized by numerous inconsistencies, and is unsatisfactory, and that there is need of a restatement of the Doctrine, that it may be free from inherent weakness, which exposes it to attacks by which it may be overthrown.
The Substance, given in this Book, is that which I have received from the eminent men, with whose teachings I have become familiar, which has been assimilated and wrought upon within my own mind, and which fashioned anew, interwoven with personal observations, made through a course of many years, is now given forth in forms, which seem to me to be the real Truth, freed from the errors and weakness, which have hitherto prevailed.
Though few quotations have been made, it is fully acknowledged that the Exposition of Intuitive Perception and Natural Realism, which is given, could never have been written, but for the thought and work and the gathered and garnered material of those who have labored in the varied fields of Philosophic and Scientific inquiry.
The Book may be designated as a New Contribution to the unfolding and establishment of Familiar Truths; a Philosophy of Intuitive Perception and Natural Realism, so fashioned and expressed, that all may understand it, and blended harmoniously with the Testimony of Consciousness, as interpreted by all men.
Natural Realism, properly presented, is Truth unassailable; it has the Infallibility of Infallible Consciousness, so far as it is a true exposition of its Testimony.
