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For a thousand years after the schools of Athens were closed by Justinian philosophy made no real advance; no essentially new ideas about the constitution of nature, the workings of mind, or the ends of life were put forward. It would be false to say that during this period no progress was made. The civilisation of the Roman Empire was extended far beyond its ancient frontiers; and, although much ground was lost in Asia and Africa, more than the equivalent was gained in Northern Europe. Within Europe also the gradual abolition of slavery and the increasing dignity of peaceful labour gave a wider diffusion to. | History of Modern Philosophy by Alfred 1 HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY Ural William Benn History of Modern Philosophy by Alfred The Project Gutenberg eBook History of Modern Philosophy by Alfred William Benn This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title History of Modern Philosophy Author Alfred William Benn Release Date November 11 2010 eBook 34283 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY E-text prepared by Steven Gibbs Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team http Note Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See or http files 34283 34283-h or http files 34283 History of Modern Philosophy by Alfred 2 Transcriber s note Page numbers in curly braces example 25 have been included in the text to enable the reader to use the index. A few typographical errors have been corrected they are listed at the end of the text. Illustration GIORDANO BRUNO. From the Statue in the Campo dei Fiori Rome. HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY by A. W. BENN Author of The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century Etc. Illustration GIORDANO BRUNO. From the Statue in the Campo dei Fiori Rome. ISSUED FOR THE RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED London Watts Co. 17 Johnson s Court Fleet Street . 1912 Printed by Watts and Co. Johnson s Court Fleet Street London . CONTENTS CHAPTER I. CHAPTER I. 3 PAGE THE PHILOSOPHICAL RENAISSANCE