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History of Philosophy, Vol. 1: From Thales to the Present Time (Classic Reprint)
History of Philosophy Vol 1 From Thales to the Present Time - Classic Reprint Author:Friedrich Ueberweg PREFACE. DR. UEBERWEG'S Grundriss de?' Geschichte der Philosophie, in three parts, was first published at Berlin, 1862 to 'G6. It met with such approval, notwithstanding the competition with other able compends, that the first part has already reached a fourth edition (1871). Since Tennemann's Manual (1812, 5th edition by 'Vend, 1829),* no work ... more »has appeared so well adapted to meet the wants of students. Indeed, no work on the subject contains such a careful collection of authorities and citations, or so full a bibliographical apparatus. The opinions of the various schools and their contrasted principles, as well as the views of individual philosophers, are presented with clearness and precision. This is the great value of the work. It is not 'written, like some histories of philosophy, to propound or fortify the special theories of the author. It shows a full mastery of the whole course of philosophic thought, with independent inyestigations and criticisms. The vario
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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUl1E; INTRODUCTION; OF TH1i: CONCEPTION, KETHOD, MoD GENERAL SOuRCES OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY,; TOGETHER WITH THE LITERARY HELPS; § 1 The Conception of Philosophy; !' 2 The ConC?ption of History; § 3 The Methods of Historical Treatment; § 4 ~ources and Aids ? ? ? ? ?; I; THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANTIQUITY; § 5 General Character of Pre·Christian Antiquity and Philosophy; 3 6 Oriental Philosophy ? ? ? ?; THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GREEKS; 1-5; 5; 5-6; 6-13; 14; 14-17; § 7 Sources and Aids for Greek Philosophy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? IB-2{; § 8 Beginnings of Greek Philosophy in Greek Poetry and Proverbial Wisdom ? 24-26; § 9 Periods of Development of Greek Philosophy ? ? ? ? ?? 26-29; FIRST' PERIOD OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY; PRE'SOPHISTIC PHILOSOPHY, OR PREVALENCE OF COSllOLOGY; § 10 Fourfold Division of the First Period ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 29-32; PIRST DIVISION: THE EARLIER 101'10 ~ATURAL PHILOSOPHY; § 11 The Earlier Ioni« less