Chapter III: Preface: To the Revised Edition

The only change which the reader will find in the revision of this volume is in the form of presentation of the philosophies of the earlier cosmologists (Chapter II).

HERBERT E. CUSHMAN.

WEST NEWTON, February, 1918.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION――THE THREE GENERAL PERIODS OF THE HISTORY OF
PHILOSOPHY, 1
THE COMPARATIVE LENGTHS OF THE THREE GENERAL PERIODS, 1
THE REAL DIFFERENCES OF THE THREE GENERAL PERIODS, 1
TABLE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE THREE GENERAL PERIODS, 4

BOOK I. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
(625 B. C.–476 A. D.)

CHAPTER I. THE EARLY GREEK IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY, 5
THE DIVISIONS OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY, 5
THE LITERARY SOURCES OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY, 6
THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE EARLY GREEK, 7
1. His Geographical Environment 7
2. His Political Environment 7
THE NATIVE TENDENCIES OF THE EARLY GREEK, AS SEEN
(1) In the Development of his Religion, (2) in his
Reflections upon Physical Events, and (3) in his
Interest in Human Conduct, 9–11
THE THREE PERIODS OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY, 12