Originally published in Ahad Ha’am (1856-1927): The Philosopher of Cultural Zionism, Issued on the Occasion of his Fortieth Yahrzeit (1967), pp. 57-60. Ahad Ha’am was fascinated by the British empiricists and moral philosophers. He was particularly indebted to the great Victorians, whom he read at first in translation and, when he had mastered the English language,…