About the first sentence of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

"The mental features discoursed of as the analytical,"

Presumably the mental skills that people consider analytical are things like the capacity for logic and rational thinking.


"are, in themselves, but little susceptible of analysis."

I would take this as a claim that humankind has little understanding of the inner workings of our own minds.

THX for the reply. Your answer is perfect.