Excerpt from The History of Philosophy From Thales to Comte, Vol. 1 of 2 Although only three years have elapsed since the Third Edition of this work appeared, considerable alterations in it have been necessary, owing partly to the appearance Of new works, partly to works having newly come under my notice, and partly to modifications in my own views on certain questions. This edition is, therefore, much more than a carefully-revised form Of its forerunner. It is in many parts new; and in the old parts the Opinions are Often greatly modified. Signor Berti's researches among the Venetian Archives, for example, have caused a complete reconstruction of the biography Of Giordano Bruno. The chapters on Leibnitz, Berkeley, Kant, Fichte and Hegel may be specially mentioned among the parts that have been most changed. I had long felt that since this History had departed from the aim and scope of its early form Leibnitz and Hegel were very inadequately presented; and although the chapters now Offered are perhaps disproportionately long, they are shorter than I could have willingly made them. The length to which the chapters on Kant and Hegel extend is justified by the interest attached to these names. 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.