Chapter I: Front Matter

A BEGINNER’S HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

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Illustration: IMMANUEL KANT

(The Puttrich’sche Portrait of Kant was printed in the
_Kant-Studien_ in 1906 and is said by Professor Vaihinger to
be one of the best likenesses of the Königsberg philosopher.
The name of the artist was Puttrich, and the original painting
goes back before 1798. It is interesting to note that this
portrait of Kant was used by the sculptor, Rauch, as his model
for the statue of Kant upon the memorial monument of Frederick
the Great.)

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. II

MODERN PHILOSOPHY

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COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY HERBERT ERNEST CUSHMAN
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