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Excerpt from History of Philosophy, From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Present Century, Vol. 1 of 2: Drawn Up From Brucker's Historia Critica Philosophiae British student, who, in his search after truth, should be de sirons of taking a general survey of the rise and progress of Opinions on the more important subjects of speculation, and by a fair comparison of di'erent systems to draw legi timate conclusions for himself, would seek in vain for the necessary information in any English work. The only treatise, which might seem to promise him much assistance on this subject, is Stanley's History of Philosophy but, to say nothing of the uncouth and obscure style in which this work is written, he would find, upon examination, that the author's plan extended little further than to the history of the Grecian sects of philosophy; and that, in executing it, he has rather performed the oice of an industrious com piler, than that of a judicious critic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.