CONTENTS 



THE FIRST VOLUME. 



INTRODUCTION . . 3 



BOOK I. 



HISTORY OF THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY, WITH 

 REFERENCE TO PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 



CHAPTER I. PRELUDE TO THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY. 



Sect. 1. First Attempts of the Speculative Faculty in Phy- 

 sical Inquiries ...... 25 



Sect, 2. Primitive Mistake in Greek Physical Philosophy . 34 



CHAPTER II. THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY. 



Sect. 1. The general Foundation of the Greek School Phi- 

 losophy . ... 39 

 Sect. 2. The Aristotelian Physical Philosophy . . 43 

 Sect. 3. Technical Forms of the Greek Schools . . 57 



1 . of the Aristotelian Philosophy . 57 



2. of the Platonists ... 61 



3. of the Pythagoreans . . 64 



4. of the Atomists and others . . 66 



CHAPTER III. FAILURE OP THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY. 



Sect. 1. Result of the Greek School Philosophy . . 69 

 Sect. 2. Cause of the Failure of the Greek Physical Phi- 

 losophy ....... 74 



