Excerpt from An Epitome of the History of Philosophy, Vol. 1 of 2: Being the Work Adopted by the University of France for Instruction in the Colleges and High Schools The work here offered to the American public was published a few years since by the Directors of the College of Jully, and has been adopted by the University of France. The translation has been made under the impression that it might prove a useful book for students, and for readers in general who feel an interest in such subjects. We have us English book embracing a comprehensive, and, at the same time, elementary and didactic View of the his. Tory of philosophical Opinions and the present work seemed to the translator to be, on the whole, the best that could be adopted to supply the want. The expositions are in general clear and adequate, and the spirit of the work is just and candid, compara tively little affected by systematic bias. 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.