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D. APPLETON & CO., 346 & 348 BROADWAY.
M. DCCC.LIVI.
LELAND
LIBRARY OF THE
10 IR UNIVERSITY.
AFR 20 1900
a.40700
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852,
By D. APPLETON & CO.,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
CONTENTS.
SECOND SERIES-VOL. I.
LECTURE I.
IDEA OF PHILOSOPHY.
Subject of the first lecture:-That philosophy is a special want and a neces-
sary product of the human mind.-Enumeration of the fundamental wants
of the human mind, of the general ideas which govern its activity: 1st,
Idea of the useful, mathematical, and physical sciences, industry, political
economy: 2d, Idea of the just, civil society, the State, jurisprudence: 3d,
Idea of the beautiful, art: 4th, the idea of God, religion, worship: 5th,
Of reflection, as the foundation of philosophy.-Philosophy, the last de-
velopment of thought.-Its true character in the nineteenth century...18
LECTURE II.
PERPETUITY OF PHILOSOPHY.
Subject of this lecture: Verification by history of the results obtained by
psychology. Has philosophy had an historical existence, and what has this
existence been?-1st, The East.-Birth of philosophy. 2d, Greece and
Rome.-Development of philosophy.-Socrates. 3d, Middle age.-Scho-
lasticism. 4th, Modern philosophy.-Descartes. 5th, Actual condition
of philosophy.-View of the future.-Conclusion: That philosophy has
not been wanting to any epoch of humanity; that its importance has
increased from epoch to epoch; and that its tendency is to become, without
ceasing, a more considerable portion of history....
LECTURE III.
HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY.
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Recapitulation of the last two lectures. A word upon the method employ-
ed. Subject of this lecture: Application to the history of philosophy
of what has been said of philosophy. 1st, That the history of philosophy
is a real element of universal history, like the history of legislation, of arts,
and of religions. 2d, That the history of philosophy is clearer than all other
parts of history, and that it contains their explanation. Logical demen-
stration. Historical demonstration. Explanation of Indian civilization by
philosophy: Bhagavad-Gita. Greece: Explanation of the age of Pericles
by the philosophy of Socrates. Modern history: Explanation of the six-
teenth century by the philosophy of Descartes. Explanation of the
eighteenth century by the philosophy of Condillac and of Helvetius
3d,