A HISTORY

OF

MODERN PHILOSOPHY

OF

MODERN PHILOSOPHY

A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

FROM THE CLOSE OF THE RENAISSANCE

TO OUR OWN DAY

BY

DR. HARALD HÖFFDING

PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN EDITION

By B. E. MEYER

AUTHORISED TRANSLATION

VOLUME I

London

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1900
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To the Memory of

MY TEACHER AND FRIEND

PROFESSOR HANS BRÖCHNER