Excerpt from History of Philosophy, for Use in High Schools, Academies, and Colleges, Vol. 8
This book gives a simple and succinct account of the lives and doctrines of the great systematic philosophers and of those ancient and medi?val philosophers who have proposed some explanation of existence or some theory of conduct. The word "philosophy" in the title of this book, in accord with long-established usage, refers for the most part to metaphysics (or ontology) and in a less degree to ethics. The pupil will therefore find only incidental reference to writers who have earned their distinction by works on logic or on political economy, and to modern writers who have formulated no system in metaphysics such as would entitle them to rank with so-called systematic philosophers.
The questions at the end of the book follow exactly the order of the corresponding statements in the text, and the answers can thus be had at once. The pupil is advised to pursue the following method: Read an article; then turn to the questions on that article and give the answers from memory; and so proceed throughout the book.
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