

CENTENARY EDITION 



The Positive Outcome of Philosophy 



By Josef Dietzgen 



One of the best books we have ever published is THE 

 POSITIVE OUTCOME OF PHILOSOPHY. We have sold 

 many thousands of Josef Dietzgen's books, and readers every- 

 where have testified to their educational value and to the 

 enjoyment and enlightenment they obtained from the study 

 of Dietzen. 



December 9th, 1 928, was the hundredth anniversary of 

 the birth of Josef Dietzgen. To commemorate the event we 

 published, with the kind assistance of his son, Eugen Dietzgen, 

 a new translation of THE POSITIVE OUTCOME OF 

 PHILOSOPHY. This new translation from the original Ger- 

 man is by W. W. Craik, an Englishman, resident of Hamburg. 



Good as our former edition was, we do nolt hesitate to 

 assert that this translation is immensely superior. It is in 

 clear and expressive English, which simplifies the study. Craik 

 has certainly done his work well. 



To those who have formerly read the philosophy of Josef 

 Dietzgen, it is not necessary to comment upon its merits, but 

 to those who have not yet participated in this pleasure we 

 wish to give here a brief outline of its content. 



It deals with the nature and substance of thinking. It 

 strips the human mind of the mysticism that is usually attached 

 to it, and shows the functioning of the brain as a perfectly 

 natural process. Just as Karl Marx and Frederick Engels 

 traced history and economics along evolutionary lines, to the 

 logical conclusion that a new social order is inevitable, so 

 Josef Dietzgen traced the evolution of human thought, as 

 expressed through philosophy, to its positive outcome. He 

 shows that the natural sciences have taken over every branch 

 of the old-time philosophy, leaving only the thinking process 

 itself to be explained. This latter he accomplishes in a mas- 

 terly fashion in his chapter on "The Nature of Human Brain- 

 Work." 



The Centenary Edition of THE POSITIVE OUTCOME OF 

 PHILOSOPHY is handsomely bound in maroon cloth with 

 gold stamping and contains a portrait of its famous author. 

 Price $2.00, postage paid. 



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 341 East Ohio Street, Chicago 



