Chapter I: Front Matter

A BEGINNER’S HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

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A BEGINNER’S HISTORY
OF PHILOSOPHY

BY

HERBERT ERNEST CUSHMAN, LL.D., PH.D.

_Sometime Professor of Philosophy in Tufts College_
_Lecturer of Philosophy in Harvard College_
_Lecturer of Philosophy in Dartmouth College_

VOL. I

ANCIENT AND MEDIÆVAL PHILOSOPHY

_Revised Edition_

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TO

GEORGE HERBERT PALMER, LITT.D., LL.D.
ALFORD PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY
IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
WHO HAS INTERPRETED LIFE TO
MANY YOUNG MEN BY MAKING
PHILOSOPHY A LIVING
SUBJECT TO THEM