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152 TRAVELS
Chriftopher Dohl, profeflor of Greek, learned in his profeflion,
and a man of fine tafte: he is efteemed one of the beft latinitts
in Sweden. f
Abraham Almquitt, teacher of theology, is a man of a very phi-
lofophical turn of mind, and has clofely followed the progrefs of
knowledge even in her lateft fteps. Almquift, though a teacher
of theology, takes great delight in propagating all the modern dif-
coveries of philofophy.
Hover, affiftant profeffor of moral philofophy, is very accurately
acquainted with Kant’s fyftem, and efteemed one of the moft
acute and difcerning reafoners in Sweden. He has publifhed a
book to fhew the poffibility of conftru€ting philofophical ideas,
and thus forming an univerfal language. |
In the catalogue of their lectures at Upfala for 1795, I noticed
that Mr. Hoijer undertook to unfold the principles of moral obli-
gation—fundamenta philofophie morum exponere conabitur. In the
fame catalogue Daniel Boethius, profeflor of ethics and politics,
engages to explain the fundamental principles of moral philofophy,
and to give a philofophical account of moral fentiments.* The
attention that is paid to moral philofophy, and in general to pfy-
chology, in the univerfity of Upfala, will not appear lefs manifeft
from an advertifement by the affiftant profeffor of moral philo-
fophy, Mr. Steinhammer, who intimates that he means to aflume
for the theme of his le@tures, the hiffory of man. Nothing can be
* Fundamenta philofophiz moralis eruet, ideas morales philofophicé enodatas
exponet.
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