On but a history Now philosophers without marked originality—those for instance who were simply disciples of the masters— have indeed their value in the eyes of that erudition which wishes to know all there is to be known of a certain epoch But their value is slight in the eyes of the historian For he does not propose merely to perpetuate facts and dates; such information is but the raw material for his work which consists chiefly in grasping the connection of facts and in deducing the laws of the development of ideas and doctrines This is why he must concentrate his attention upon the really representative men and upon works which have had a posterity While we have neglected the philosophical writers whose influence has been slight in the evolution of French thought there are others on the contrary to whom we have given much space although they are not of Modern Philosophy in France ePUB ↠ usually grouped with the philosophers by profession Such are for example Pascal Fontenelle Voltaire Renan etc We have had very strong reasons for this Is it not too narrow a conception of the history of philosophy to see in it exclusively the logical evolution of successive systems? Doubtless this is one way of looking at it; but we can understand also that philosophic thought even while having its especial and clearly limited object is closely involved in the life of each civilisation.
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